A Civilian employee with the Resolve Marine Group, throws line to the shore during preparations for cast off aboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), as it prepares to get underway, after undergoing final preparations for its scheduled sinking at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida (FL). The ORISKANY will be towed 22-miles south of Pensacola in approximately 212-ft. of water where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After ORISKANY reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the USN to the State of Florida
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola
State: Florida (FL)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PHAN David Quillen, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
1922
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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