Sog, I dive that wreck a few times a week. (I just returned from diving it.) As a working Divemaster, I would take people down to see that piece. It was one of the more interesting parts of the dive. As with flowers, playground slides, $100 bills, nobody's going to take something most people don't want, so all the good stuff is taken first, thereby removing other's the option of enjoying it. It's the old rules of, "if it's not yours, don't take it." And, "Always leave the woodpile higher than when you found it."
Notabob..You, apparently subscribe to the Raising Arizona school of thought that states something like, "Hell there's so many of them, Hi, no one will ever miss just one."
You choose to look at the Oriskany and see "big rusting hulks..."
I choose to look at the history, the lives changed, the countries it help change, the world it changed. It's our choice on how we look at the world.
I once had a brief arguement with my cousin, when he claimed that Pensacola was not in the central time zone. Considering I live here and knew exactly what time it was, he still continued to argue his point, making himself look sillier and smaller with each word. And that's where this is headed...
So why not dive with me on the Oriskany? If after a couple of dives, you don't change your mind, I'll gladly refund your money.