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| Keywords: US Navy 060515-N-0856O-323 Oriskany is towed to sea from Naval Air Station Pensacola.jpg en Pensacola Fla May 15 2006 - Guided by a flotilla of tugboats and small craft the former U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CVA 34 passes in front of Pensacola's historic Fort Pickens as the warship makes its way along the Intracoastal Waterway from its last port call at Naval Air Station Pensacola to its final destination in the Gulf of Mexico It is planned that the ship will be scuttled 22 miles south of Pensacola in approximately 212 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico May 17 2006 where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef After the Oriskany reaches the bottom ownership of the vessel will transfer from the Navy to the State of Florida The public will be allowed to fish and dive on the ship two days later Known as the Big O the 32 000-ton 888-foot aircraft carrier was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 1950 where it later became a highly decorated veteran of the Korea and Vietnam conflicts U S Navy photo by Mike O'Connor RELEASED 2006-05-15 060515-N-0856O-323 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 34549 U S Navy photo by Mike O'Connor PD-USGov-Military-Navy Sinking of USS Oriskany CV-34 | ||||
