Onboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), Mr. Richard Moorehead III, an employee with the Resolve Marine Group, prepares to pump water out of compartments so they will be dry for bombing technicians to place explosives as the Carrier undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking, while moored to the pier at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, orida (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...

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[Complete] Scene Caption: Onboard the decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), Mr. Richard Moorehead III, an employee with the Resolve Marine Group, prepares to pump water out of compartments so they will be dry for bombing technicians to place explosives 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.

Base: USS Oriskany (CVA 34)

Scene Camera Operator: JO1(Sw) Jackey Bratt, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
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