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A veteran of two wars, ship surrenders to sea (High Graffics Warning)
US Navy ^ | 05/18/06 | Larry Wheeler

Posted on 05/18/2006 12:50:34 PM PDT by Robe

The ex-Oriskany, a decommissioned aircraft carrier, was sunk 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., on May 17 to form an artificial reef. The 888-foot ship took about 37 minutes to sink below the surface.

U.S. Navy photos



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KEYWORDS: artificalreef; oriskany; themightyo; ussoriskany
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To: lonedawg

LOL! Sorry.


41 posted on 05/18/2006 1:16:46 PM PDT by Gator101
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To: Prince Caspian
Now that would've been quite the ride, eh?
42 posted on 05/18/2006 1:16:53 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I am beginning to suspect that some men may have evolved from chickens...........)
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To: synbad600
Don't laugh, I've always wondered about this.
Nothing to laugh about. The Gulf has a primarily sand bottom with nothing to attract fish. It has long been used as a deposit for old war relics like tanks and jeeps.
There is nothing for the greenies to pitch a fit about, it costs a fortune to get a ship ready to sing. Anything that can be considered a pollutant is removed and even the storage containers cleaned. From an environmental point of view is it "spic and span by the time it goes to the bottom.

Cordially,
GE
43 posted on 05/18/2006 1:17:58 PM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: Gator101

You wouldn't need the barge to set off demolitions, and I suspect it was used as someone earlier suggested to make movies of the carriers last minutes.


44 posted on 05/18/2006 1:19:02 PM PDT by GarySpFc (Jesus on Immigration, John 10:1)
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To: theDentist

yes - a combined sub,surface gunnery, fa-18,a-10,p-3 w/harpoons, and b52 have-nap strike would have been awesome.


45 posted on 05/18/2006 1:19:16 PM PDT by Waverunner
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To: theDentist
Yeah..who left the little boat..maybe it was a bunch of Cubans..illegals...LOL
46 posted on 05/18/2006 1:19:50 PM PDT by Youngman442002
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To: Jambe

200 feet


47 posted on 05/18/2006 1:21:49 PM PDT by Youngman442002
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To: Yo-Yo
There's quite a market for scrap steel.
According to our local news here in Mobile, the USS Oriskany was sold for scrap at one point, but the buyer didn't pay the Govt. so the ship was repossessed.
I don't know if it is true, just what I heard on the news.

GE
48 posted on 05/18/2006 1:22:03 PM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: theDentist; Prince Caspian; Youngman442002

Per the Navy's article, that was a support boat that was carrying generators and equipment used by the sink crew that was too bulky to lift off and couldn't be sunk. It was waterproofed and tied down in the boat, and the boat was left on the flight deck to float off as the carrier went down.


49 posted on 05/18/2006 1:23:20 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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To: Youngman442002

SO that's where JFK stored his cuban cigars....


50 posted on 05/18/2006 1:23:30 PM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
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To: lonedawg
Sadly they won't. Most greenies believe man is the only creature that needs to become extinct. Except for themselves of course.
51 posted on 05/18/2006 1:23:47 PM PDT by JSteff
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To: GrandEagle

I can see it now...some kid catches something ..he starts pulling it up..his dad asks what he thinks it is..he says I think its an aircraft carrier...but it got away...his dad says ..Yeah right....LOL


52 posted on 05/18/2006 1:24:22 PM PDT by Youngman442002
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

What does USS stand for (specifically the 2nd "s")?


53 posted on 05/18/2006 1:28:25 PM PDT by MaineVoter2002 (http://jednet207.tripod.com/PoliticalLinks.html)
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To: Youngman442002
but it got away
LOL! there is lots of stuff out here. When you get fishing maps of the Gulf, most of these fields are marked. There must be hundreds of WWII tanks out there, along with assorted commercial ships and such.

Cordially,
GE
54 posted on 05/18/2006 1:28:58 PM PDT by GrandEagle
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To: MaineVoter2002
What does USS stand for...

United States Ship

55 posted on 05/18/2006 1:30:26 PM PDT by Gator101
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To: Robe

I was just on the Yorktown in Charleston, SC. Amazing how large they are!

I can't imagine what it would be like to swim through the hanger desk. Amazing.


56 posted on 05/18/2006 1:30:32 PM PDT by AK2KX
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To: Yo-Yo

Yea, if they didn't do this, she would come back to us as a made in China , WalMart product.

Better she goes this way. A far more fitting end for a fighting ship.


57 posted on 05/18/2006 1:34:18 PM PDT by newcthem (Vote Mexican.......if it is good enough for the Senate .......it is good enough for us.)
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Sorry for being away and not answering your questions, but duty called..

Here is a link to a pretty good article in the Pensacola News Jornal.. Can't post due to restrictions:

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060518/NEWS01/605180328/1006

Whoever said the little boat was for a remote camara hit the nail on the head.. So much for the theroy of being sucked down with the ship !!!!

58 posted on 05/18/2006 1:37:12 PM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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To: MaineVoter2002
From the U.S. Naval Historical Center's website:

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq63-1.htm

The prefix "USS," meaning "United States Ship," is used in official documents to identify a commissioned ship of the Navy. It applies to a ship while she is in commission. Before commissioning, or after decommissioning, she is referred to by name, with no prefix. Civilian-manned ships of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) are not commissioned ships; their status is "in service," rather than "in commission." They are, nonetheless, Navy ships in active national service, and the prefix "USNS" (United States Naval Ship) was adopted to identify them. Other Navy vessels classified as "in service" are simply identified by their name (if any) and hull number, with no prefix.

Into the early years of the 20th century there was no fixed form for Navy ship prefixes. Ships were rather haphazardly identified, in correspondence or documents, by their naval type (U.S. Frigate ____), their rig (United States Barque ____), or their function (United States Flag-Ship ______). They might also identify themselves as "the Frigate _____," or, simply, "Ship ______." The term "United States Ship," abbreviated "USS," is seen as early as the late 1790s; it was in frequent, but far from exclusive, use by the last half of the 19th century.

In 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt issued an Executive order that established the present usage:

In order that there shall be uniformity in the matter of designating naval vessels, it is hereby directed that the official designation of vessels of war, and other vessels of the Navy of the United States, shall be the name of such vessel, preceded by the words, United States Ship, or the letters U.S.S., and by no other words or letters.

--Executive Order 549, 8 January 1907.

Today's Navy Regulations define the classification and status of naval ships and craft:

1. The Chief of Naval Operations shall be responsible for ... the assignment of classification for administrative pur- poses to water-borne craft and the designation of status for each ship and service craft. ....

2. Commissioned vessels and craft shall be called "United States Ship" or "U.S.S."

3. Civilian manned ships, of the Military Sealift Command or other commands, designated "active status, in service" shall be called "United States Naval Ship" or "U.S.N.S."

4. Ships and service craft designated "active status, in service," except those described by paragraph 3 of this article, shall be referred to by name, when assigned, classification, and hull number (e.g., "HIGH POINT PCH-1" or "YOGN-8").

-- United States Navy Regulations, 1990, Article 0406.

Some, but apparently not all, other navies also use prefixes with their ships' names. Perhaps the best known of these is "HMS" (His or Her Majesty's Ship), long used by the Royal Navy. In earlier times this was also seen as "HBMS," for "His Britannic Majesty's Ship." British Empire/Commonwealth navies used their own versions of this, inserting their own nationalities, such as HMCS for Canada, HMNZS for New Zealand, or HMAS for Australia. The Royal Saudi Naval Forces also use "HMS." Argentina uses "ARA" (Armada de la Republic Argentina); the Philippine Navy identifies its ships as "BRP" (Barka ng Republika ng Pilipinas). The Imperial German Navy used "SMS" (Seine Majestäts Schiff); the World War II Kriegsmarine does not appear to have used a prefix, but the modern Bundesmarine uses "FGS" (Federal German Ship). India and Israel both use "INS" to mean Indian Naval Ship or Israeli Navy Ship. Lebanon and Tunisia, on the other hand, do not use any nationality prefix.

59 posted on 05/18/2006 1:42:40 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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To: Robe
Man, gotta dive that puppy!

Mike

60 posted on 05/18/2006 1:53:26 PM PDT by MichaelP ("Opportunities multiply as they are seized." Sun Tzu)
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