Onboard the flight deck of the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), Mr.Beddy McBride and Mr. Allen Dunbar, both Engineering Technicians for Computer Science Corporation (C.S.C.), overlook operations at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida (FL), as the Carrier undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking. The ORISKANY 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
18/04/2006
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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