CV 34 / CVA 34 - USS Oriskany

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ex USS Oriskany (CV 34) sinking. The carrier will rest on the sea floor 22-miles south of Pensacola, Florida in approximately 212-ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico,  becoming the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef - May 17, 2006 ex-USS Oriskany was sunk 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, on May 17 to form an artificial reef. The ship took about 37 minutes to sink below the surface Oriskany's last minutes leaving Pensacola for her final journey leaving Pensacola for her final journey leaving Pensacola for her final journey leaving Pensacola for her final journey leaving Pensacola for her final journey ex USS Oriskany (CV 34) moored at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida - April 2006 ex USS Oriskany (CV 34) moored at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida - April 2006 ex USS Oriskany (CV 34) moored at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida - April 2006  tugboats turn the decommissioned USS Oriskany (CV 34) prior to mooring onto the Allegheny Pier at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida - March 2006 USS Oriskany (CV 34) at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida - March 2006 USS Oriskany (CV 34) arriving at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida - January 2005 ex USS Oriskany laid up at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Puget Sound, Washington - 1990 USS Oriskany (CV 34) being towed into the Naval Reserve Fleet Area at Bremerton, Washington - October 1976 USS Oriskany (CV 34) during her decommissioning ceremony at NAS Alameda, California - September 30, 1976 USS Oriskany (CV 34) returning to NAS Alameda, California after her final deployment - March 1976 USS Oriskany (CVA 34) with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - circa 1975 USS Oriskany (CVA 34) with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - 1974 USS Oriskany (CVA 34) with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) embarked - 1974

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Type, class: Aircraft Carrier, Essex class (long hull) Builder: New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, USA   STATUS: Awarded: August 7, 1942 Laid down: May 1, 1944 Launched: October 13, 1945 SCB-27 conversion August 1947 - September 1950 Commissioned: September 25, 1950 reclassified CVA 34 on October 1, 1952 Decommissioned: January 2, 1957 SCB-125A conversion January 1957 - May 1959 Recommissioned: March 7, 1959 reclassified CV 34 on June 30, 1976 Decommissioned: September 30, 1976 Fate: sunk (scuttled) as an artificial reef on May 17, 2006 - south of Pensacola, Florida   Namesake: Battle of Oriskany, New York (1977) Ships Motto: ? Technical Data: see: INFO > Essex class Aircraft Carrier - CV

Deployments - Carrier Air Groups/Wings embarked:   CV 34 May 1951 - October 1951 with Carrier Air Group 4 (CVG-4) - Mediterranean Sea   May 1952 - July 1952 > homeport change - Norfolk, Virginia to San Diego, California via Cape Horn   reclassified CVA 34 on October 1, 1952   September 1952 - May 1953 with Carrier Air Group 102 (CVG-102) - Pacific Ocean, Korean War September 1953 - April 1954 with Carrier Air Group 19 (CVG-19) - Pacific Ocean March 1955 - September 1955 with Carrier Air Group 19 (CVG-19) - Pacific Ocean February 1956 - August 1956 with Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) - Pacific Ocean May 1960 - December 1960 with Carrier Air Group 14 (CVG-14) - Pacific Ocean June 1962 - December 1962 with Carrier Air Group 16 (CVG-16) - Pacific Ocean August 1963 - March 1964 with Carrier Air Group 16 (CVG-16) - Pacific Ocean April 1965 - December 1965 with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War May 1966 - November 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War June 1967 - January 1968 with Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War April 1969 - November 1969 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War May 1970 - December 1970 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War May 1971 - December 1971 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War June 1972 - March 1973 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War October 1973 - June 1974 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) - Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War September 1975 - March 1976 with Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) - Pacific Ocean

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