 She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 22 November 1920 and loaned to the War Department , then used as a target ship for experimental artillery . She was scuttled in shallow water off Pensacola in January 1921 and bombarded by the coastal batteries of Fort Pickens and by railway artillery . She was returned on 20 February 1925 to the navy , which offered her for scrap , but no acceptable bids were received . Another attempt to scrap her was made in 1956 , but the state prevented this . Eventually the ship was declared the property of the State of Florida by the Supreme Court of Florida . On 10 June 1993 — the centennial anniversary of her launching — the site became the fourth Florida Underwater Archaeological Preserve . In 2001 the wreck was also added to the National Register of Historic Places , and it still serves as an artificial reef and diving spot . 
