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Aircraft Carrier Sunk by Friendly Fire!
But it improves fishing off of Pensacola, FLA, so it's on-topic.
The "Oriskany" was intentionally sunk to create an artificial reef. The Navy loaded the venerable 56-year old carrier, (a veteran of three wars), with strategically placed charges and she settled reasonably quickly after the explosions. Pilots stationed on the Oriskany suffered the highest loss ratio of any air group during the Viet Nam war, and Senator John McCain took off from the Oriskany before being shot down and held as a POW for five years. John F. Kennedy used the deck of the Oriskany as the stage for a televised speech during the Cuban missle crisis, and the vessel was the main carrier used for the movie "The Bridges of Toko Rei". |
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Aircraft Carrier Sunk by Friendly Fire!
That will not only be a great reef, but one hell of a dive site.
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Aircraft Carrier Sunk by Friendly Fire!
That will not only be a great reef, but one hell of a dive site.
And new places for jellyfish to spawn. \ |
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Aircraft Carrier Sunk by Friendly Fire!
"Tim" wrote in message oups.com... I hate to hear that about any historic vessel, but then again, nothing lasts forever. I would think that if it was mine, I would have sold it off for scrap salvage, and put a couple bucks back into the Naval coffer. It was originally sold for scrap, but the buyer defaulted on the payment and the Navy had to repo the ship. |
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Aircraft Carrier Sunk by Friendly Fire!
On 18 May 2006 10:11:49 -0700, "Tim" wrote:
I would think that if it was mine, I would have sold it off for scrap salvage, and put a couple bucks back into the Naval coffer. Which would land you squarely in the middle of a third world hazmat discussion since that's where most of the ship salvage business is located. |
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