Onboard decommissioned US Navy (USN) Intrepid Class Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CV 34), Mr. Richard Moorehead III, an employee with Resolve Marine Group, pulls hoses into Carrier ensure water is pumping out of certain compartments in preparation for placement of explosives, as Carrier undergoes final preparations for its scheduled sinking, while moored to 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 largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After ORISKANY reaches bottom, ownership of vessel will transfer from...

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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, pulls hoses into the Carrier ensure water is pumping out of certain compartments in preparation for the placement of 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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