A former Sailor who was once stationed aboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), looks on as the carrier makes her final trip to sea while under tow, near 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: JO1(Sw) Jackey Bratt, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
15/05/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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