A US Navy (USN) SH-3 Sea King helicopter circles over the Decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), to conduct a final check before its sinking. The carrier will rest on the sea floor 22-miles south of Pensacola, Florida (FL) in approximately 212-ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming 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:
Country: Gulf Of Mexico
Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jackey Bratt, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
17/05/2006
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The U.S. National Archives
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