http://www.irishmansoftware.com/Oriskany.htm


Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.

On Wed, 24 May 2006 06:19:42 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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http://www.irishmansoftware.com/Oriskany.htm


Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.


Those guys in the little boat had a hell of a ride, huh?

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Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.



Fantastic pictures! Thanks for the link Bill.

Calif Bill wrote:
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Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.



Very Cool - I was not expecting the boat on deck to get sucked under.
But maybe go down due to the bubbles reducing the waters ability to
support it's displacment :-)

Capt Jack R..

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Calif Bill wrote:
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Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.
Very Cool - I was not expecting the boat on deck to get sucked under. But
maybe go down due to the bubbles reducing the waters ability to support
it's displacment :-)

Capt Jack R..


I heard it was there as part of a Myth Busters show.

Those guys in the little boat had a hell of a ride, huh?

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John H

Pssst.............John...........obviously no one was aboard the small
boat when the ship sank. No one in their right mind would put human
life at risk in such a event. It was only used to hold and save the
generator and electronics used to set off the explosions and was later
boarded once the ship was sunk. ;-)

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Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.


This was apparently the first test for the Navy in their long term reef
building plan with sinking old and obsolete ships.

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"The Navy rescued the ship from the salvage yard after a contract to turn it
into scrap metal fell through. The sinking made the Oriskany its first ship
to be used in a pilot program to reef old warships."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/17/car....ap/index.html
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Other civilian owned ships have been sunk in the past for the same purpose
and with impressive results for the habitat.

http://www.fla-keys.com/spiegelgrove/

http://www.ncfisheries.net/kids/sinking.htm

On Wed, 24 May 2006 06:19:42 GMT, "Calif Bill"
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Notice the boat on deck does not get sucked under.

People involved with the sinking of the Oriskany said that the boat on
the deck had several cameras on it to record the event from close up.

mike
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I always wondered why all that steel could not be
recycled to something new today. Its hard
to imagine that its cheaper to mine new materials
vs. melting down existing stuff.

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I always wondered why all that steel could not be
recycled to something new today. Its hard
to imagine that its cheaper to mine new materials
vs. melting down existing stuff.


The cost of the ship breaking. And the toxic materials that have to be
handled. I understand a lot of the old ships are broken up in the India
area. They run them aground and swarms of 30 cent a day laborers take the
ship apart.