Keywords: USS Oriskany (CV-34) returning from her last deployment 1976.jpeg Aerial photograph showing the U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany CV-34 on the day of her last return from a deployment on 3 March 1976 probably at Naval Air Station Alameda California Oriskany had been deployed to the Western Pacific with Carrier Air Wing 19 CVW-19 from 16 September 1975 to 3 March 1976 She was decommissioned as the last active Essex-class carrier on 20 September 1976 Note that among the aircaft on her deck are two McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and a Grumman A-6 Intruder aircraft that were actually never deployed on any Essex-class carrier http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 29689 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 488 196 032 1976-03-03 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Oriskany CV-34 Ships at NAS Alameda |