Controlling an 888-foot ship is no easy task

Workers successfully moored the decommissioned aircraft carrier Oriskany on Tuesday about 24 miles south of Pensacola in preparation for the ship’s long-awaited scuttling today, a Navy spokeswoman said.
Crews working for contractor Resolve Marine Group spent most of the day dropping four immense mooring lines and anchors, each weighing 75,000 pounds.