Neat photos of the USS Oriskany going down...

[K Frame]

http://www.irishmansoftware.com/Oriskany.htm

[hso]

Cool!

thanks

[Ezekiel]

Very cool.  I've actually walked the deck of two other Essex-class ships preserved as museums (Hornet and Lexington).  They are most impressive machines: there just wasn't a need for a 5th preserved, plus Oriskany was in extremely poor condition.

"This beat making razor blades."

I offer a salute to the "Old Girl."

[engineer151515]

+1 - thanks for the post.

Some folks, thinking it would be hours before the carrier would sink, ended up missing the whole thing.  

Engineers (like myself) sometimes use the line from the movie "Little Big Man" when it comes to "predictions"  


Well, sometimes the magic works, sometimes it does not.

[garrettwc]

Thanks for that. Neat thing to see.

Here's a link to MSNBC video of it:

USS Oriskany video

[280plus]

Thanks Mike, very cool...

Anyone know what the story is with the small boat on the flight deck? I notice it remained afloat after the sinking.

[Firethorn]

Anyone know what the story is with the small boat on the flight deck? I notice it remained afloat after the sinking.

It said what it was for right on the site.

The  SMALL BOAT  on the deck of carrier contains a generator and electronics to set off the explosions. It was designed so this small boat would float free after the carrier sunk!

Basically, it held the valuable stuff they wanted to keep ahold of and not sink with the ship.  This way they can just stick it on top of the next ship they want to sink to use it again.

[280plus]

It said what it was for right on the site.

Oops, musta missed that. Thanks!