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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
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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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