Onboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), USN Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Detachment 12, finalize preparations as the Carrier undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking, while moored to the pier 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
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- 2006-05-13
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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Oriskany (CVA 34) Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Jackey Bratt, USN Release Status: Released to Public
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Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994
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- National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
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- Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
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- Magnetic DiskMagnetic Disk: Hard Drive
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- Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. Onboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), USN Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Detachment 12, finalize preparations as the Carrier undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking, while moored to the pier 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. 2006-05-13. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6698573. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994, (2006-05-13) Onboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), USN Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit Six (EODMU-6), Detachment 12, finalize preparations as the Carrier undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking, while moored to the pier 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. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6698573
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- Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://catalog.archives.gov/id/6698573>.