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	USS Oriskany (CV-34)
		Oriskany departed the shipyard 9 September for underway training out of San Diego until 7 June 1962 when she again deployed to the Far East with Carrier Air Group 16[?] embarked.
		Oriskany had been put in danger when a magnesium parachute flare[?] exploded in the forward flare locker of Hanger Bay 1, beneath the carrier's flight deck.
		Oriskany steamed to Subic Bay 28 October, where victims of the fire were transferred to waiting aircraft for transportation to the United States.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Oriskany.html (1495 words)

	USS Oriskany, CVA-34
		Oriskany was part of the affirmative answer to the crucial question as to whether the Korean War would have an affect upon the Navy's ability to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean.
		Oriskany steamed to Subic Bay 28 October 1966, where victims of the fire were transferred to waiting aircraft for transportation to the United States.
		Oriskany began the first of five line periods on 16 May, flying 9,884 combat and support sorties until departing the region on 5 November, arriving at NAS Alameda on the 17th.
	www.divemightyo.com /USS_Oriskany_CVA-34.html (1961 words)

	USS Oriskany
		On Sept.25, 1950, Oriskany was commissioned at the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard and--in keeping with her heritage--was sent out "to oppose the enemy with vigor, as a true patriot, for the defense of (her) country".
		Oriskany men got the ship off to an impressive beginning by setting an all-time record in gunnery marksmanship.
		On her recommissioning in May 1952, Oriskany returned to active duty with a new bridge, flight deck and automatic steering system.
	www.ussoriskany.com /id15.html (244 words)

	Oriskany
		Oriskany (CVA–34), an attack aircraft carrier, was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard; launched 13 October 1945; and sponsored by Mrs.
		Oriskany departed New York 6 December 1950 for carrier qualification operations off Jacksonville, Fla. followed by a Christmas call at Newport, R.I. She resumed operations off Jacksonville through 11 January 1951, when she embarked Carrier Air Group I for shakedown out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
		Oriskany was part of the affirmative answer to the crucial question as to whether the Korean War would have an affect upon the Navy’s ability to maintain the status quo in Europe.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/o4/oriskany.htm (2171 words)

	History of Ships and Navy/CVA-34 USS Oriskany
		Oriskany (CVA-34), an attack aircraft carrier was laid down 1 May 1944by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945; and sponsored by Mrs.
		Oriskany was part of the affirmative answer to the crucial question as to whether the Korean War would have an affectupon the Navy's ability to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean.
		Oriskany steamed to Subic Bay 28 October, where victims of the fire weretransferred to waiting aircraft for transportation to the United States.A week later the carrier departed for San Diego, arriving 16 November.
	www.multied.com /navy/CV34Oriskany.html (1410 words)

	Ambush At Oriskany
		Oriskany is usually depicted as the nadir of the Saratoga campaign for the Americans.
		British historians recognized that Oriskany was the pivot on which Saratoga was lost.(48) The failure of St. Leger, as a nineteenth century historian phrased it at the centennial commemoration of the battle, cut off the right arm of Burgoyne.
		This is the true significance of Oriskany, an often-forgotten battle in an obscure corner of New York, which pitted neighbors against each other in a battle for empire.
	www.earlyamerica.com /review/2000_fall/oriskany.html (4160 words)

	The American Revolution (Oriskany)
		The logic of the Battle of Oriskany was consummated.
		The Battle of Oriskany and the defense of Fort Stanwix are Siamese twins.
		The battle of Oriskany was the more significant because it was fought near the center of the Long House of the Iroquois.
	theamericanrevolution.org /battles/bat_orsk.asp (7586 words)

	Oriskany Battlefield, Oriskany, NY -- A Site on a Revolutionary War Road Trip
		The Battle of Oriskany, August 6, between Herkimer’s men and St. Leger with his Indians was the turning point of the Revolution.
		Placed by Oriskany Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Oriskany, and the Sons of Oriskany of New York City, June 14, 1912.
		During its 150th anniversary in 1927, five acres of the battlefield, including the monument, were made a New York State historic site to serve as a memorial to those who fought so bravely and tenaciously to preserve their land and freedom.
	www.revolutionaryday.com /nyroute5/oriskany/default.htm (950 words)

	Historic Oriskany
		Oriskany, NY is a small village nestled between Rome and Utica in the center of the state.
		Oriskany is a small town with a rich history.
		By 1777 the Mohawk Valley, where Oriskany NY is, was considered the "Breadbasket of the Revolution", a main supplier of food for George Washington's army.
	www.terahertztechnologies.com /historic_oriskany.htm (1139 words)

	Virtual Wall - USS ORISKANY CVA-34 26 October 1966
		USS ORISKANY was a TICONDEROGA class aircraft carrier; her keel was laid in the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard on 01 May 1944.
		ORISKANY was commissioned on 25 Sept 1950 and after shake-down and training cruises departed for service in the Mediterranean Sea.
		ORISKANY was on station when USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) had a major shipboard fire on 29 July 1967 and was one of the first on the scene with assistance.
	www.virtualwall.org /units/oriskany.htm (780 words)

	Navy Times - Oriskany, veteran of two wars, surrenders to sea
		The Oriskany is the first of what Navy officials hope will be many obsolete ships turned over to coastal states for reefing to enhance the marine environment and to boost local economies through increased spending on sports fishing and recreational diving.
		He said the bubble pattern and the presence of two buoys that marked the positions of a documentary film crew’s cameras signaled to him the carrier settled upright on the bottom.
		By 1976, the Oriskany had become a relic and was decommissioned.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1810101.php (979 words)

	USS Oriskany (CV 34)
		The USS ORISKANY was decommissioned on September 30, 1975.
		USS ORISKANY and the USS NITRO (AE 23) are in a minor collision during an underway replenishment.
		USS ORISKANY was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945; and sponsored by Mrs.
	navysite.de /cv/cv34.htm (2028 words)

	USN Ships--USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34)
		USS Oriskany, a 27,100 ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier, was built at the New York Navy Yard.
		Oriskany was repaired in the U.S., returned to the war zone in mid-1967 and rendered assistance to USS Forrestal when that carrier also suffered a major fire.
		However, after a prolonged effort that exhibited the perilous state of the domestic ship-breaking industry at the end of the Twentieth Century, she was repossessed in 1997 and spent nearly a decade awaiting final disposition.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/cv34.htm (1103 words)

	Gary's Gulf Divers, Full Service Dive Shops, Orange Beach, Alabama
		The Oriskany Reef was deployed on the morning of May 17, 2006 at a depth of 212 feet, approximately 22.5 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass.
		The Oriskany landed on the exact planned coordinates, and is sitting perfectly upright on the seafloor with the bow facing due south.
		Because the Oriskany is in deep water and can be affected by strong water currents, divers are strongly encouraged to use extreme caution when diving this reef.
	www.gulfdiver.net /oriskany.htm (544 words)

	DIVE ORISKANY with Commander Charters and Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Diving or fishing the Oriskany is one of the greatest travel adventures you and your family will ever have.
		Oriskany at over 200 feet down you will be able to catch trophy fish.
		Oriskany dives should not create too many problems because divers will be advanced, Phillips said.
	www.diveoriskany.biz (956 words)

	THE USS ORISKANY - MEMORIES OF VIETNAM
		In mid December Oriskany was towed from Corpus Christi, Texas to the Port of Pensacola, in Florida.
		As of March 2005 the plan was for the Oriskany to be sunk in December 2005.
		ORISKANY the moment she began to move from the Pensacola Naval Base.
	members.tripod.com /~ffhiker/index-2.html (5422 words)

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		Most obviously, the American aircraft carriers, the Oriskany, was scuttled off Florida, to form the largest artificial reef ever.
		The last of these was the Oriskany, commissioned in 1950, after having been much modified by World War II experience and the introduction of jet aircraft.
		The Oriskany served for 26 years, and made 17 voyages to distant seas.
	www.strategypage.com /htmw/htmurph/articles/20060530.aspx (626 words)

	Uss Oriskany
		The Oriskany was one of the Navy's most heavily used aircraft carriers during the Vietnam War.
		Dozens of Oriskany pilots, including U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., were shot down and held as prisoners of war.
		The sinking of the Oriskany is the first in a new Navy program to dispose of surplus vessels by turning them into artificial reefs.
	oriskany.info /index.html (355 words)

	Reefing the USS Oriskany
		The retired aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, a combat veteran ship, has made its final port call to her resting place in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 24 miles southeast of the Pensacola coast.
		The Oriskany's last battle was a hotly contested competition between the Gulf states of Texas and Mississippi, and the Atlantic states of South Carolina and Georgia.
		In May 1953, the USS Oriskany put aside her guns and shouldered a battery of movie cameras when she became a floating movie set for Hollywood stars William Holden and Mickey Rooney in the film The Bridges of Toko Ri.
	www.visitflorida.com /cms/d/reefing_the_uss_oriskany.php (766 words)

	Oriskany's Burial at Sea
		Then, as the water invaded the hanger deck, Oriskany rolled gently to her port and raised her bow high out of the water as if in one last salute to the hundreds of mourners and former crew members there for the service.
		Oriskany, NY, a village in between Rome and Utica, NY is a small town that holds a lot of history.
		The Battle of Oriskany is considered the turning point of the war and the Bloodiest Battle of the Revolutionary War.
	www.kilroywashere.org /006-Pages/Oriskany.html (1936 words)

	Battle of Oriskany
		The column skirted Oriskany battlefield and as Arnold approached, St. Leger's Native American allies, discouraged by the failure of the siege, abandoned him.
		In the aftermath of the Battle of Oriskany, the Oneida Village of Oriska and its crops were destroyed, and many of its occupants killed.
		These types of reprisals would be played out again and again, for the Battle of Oriskany was just the beginning of the civil war to be fought throughout New York until 1784.
	www.oriskanysar.org /battle.htm (1207 words)

	U.S.S. ORISKANY CVA-34
		The Oriskany Museum and U.S.S. Oriskany Reunion Association reports that Oriskany is to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be used as a reef.
		Laced through this diverse, personality-filled work are the words of wives and many of the pilots themselves and the author's telling assessment of the bombing policy, which was tentative and ineffective despite the courage and skill of the men who carried it out.
		USS Oriskany, a twenty-one-year-old Essex -class carrier, was conducting combat flight operations in the Gulf of Tonkin when a night illumination flare ignited on her hangar deck and instantly transformed her into a flaming holocaust.
	www.cougarware.com /cva34 (1101 words)

	instapinch.com » Blog Archive » ORISKANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In a little over 2 weeks, on 17 May, the retired aircraft carrier USS ORISKANY will be sunk about 20 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, to be used as an artificial reef and for recreational divers to explore.
		ORISKANY is in hard shape now, built in 1945 and decommissioned in 1976.
		The Oriskany is being sunk to become an underwater reef and diving destination.
	instapinch.com /blog/?p=147 (693 words)

	USS Oriskany (CVA-34)
		ORISKANY (CVA-34), an attack aircraft carrier was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945; and sponsored by Mrs.
		ORISKANY departed New York 6 December 1950 for carrier qualification operations off Jacksonville, Fla. followed by a Christmas call at Newport, R.
		ORISKANY returned to the Naval Air Station pier at Alameda Calif. 31 January 1968, and entered San Francisco Bav Naomi Shipyard 7 February for an eight,month overhaul.
	www.swordsmen.org /oriskany.htm (1519 words)

	Bluegrass gospel and old-time bluegrass band sounds like old Chuck Wagon Gang and Carter Family
		Music was put on a back burner when she pursued an engineering degree at the University of Maryland, and then moved to California in 1985 to work in technical publishing, but she still played and sang with other family members when they got together.
		Carol has been playing regularly with the Oriskany Strings since 1997, and she says that it has fulfilled a heartfelt need.
		She grew up over the mountain from Oriskany, in Daleville, Virginia, attending the Daleville Brethren church as a child.
	www.oriskanystrings.com /band (1518 words)

	Oriskany Roster - Updated
		From time to time, such names were sent the Editor until the Oriskany Roster, as published here numbers around 455 names, nearly double the number on the Oriskany Battlefield Monument and in Simms' Frontiersmen.
		We now know over half of the Revolutionary American soldiers who marched to Oriskany, as no chroniclers of the time give the number at more than 900, and it was probably about 850.
		Care was taken to see that the Oriskany service of these Revolutionary veterans was properly accredited, and the additional names were mainly contributed by Daughters of the American Revolution.
	darcisplace.com /darci/roster-updated.htm (590 words)

	The Reefing Of The USS Oriskany \| Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Escambia County FL was chosen on April 5, 2004, to be the final destination for the "Oriskany" Reef Project.
		The USS Oriskany CV/CVA-34 is destined to become an artificial reef sometime in 2006.
		The retired aircraft carrier USS Oriskany will eventually be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola's coast to serve as an artificial reef and dive site.
	www.pensacolachamber.com /armedservices/ussoriskany.htm (459 words)

	USS Oriskany
		Pensacola is the final resting place for the USS Oriskany, the world’s largest artificial reef.
		Come dive the USS Oriskany for a once in a lifetime adventure, seeing history as you’ve never seen it before.
		Sunk in 212' of water only 22 miles from shore, it will attract all species of marine life from the smallest reef fish to the largest pelagic fish in the ocean.
	www.florida-divepros.com /ussoriskany.htm (137 words)

	When we said goodbye to the USS Oriskany \| csmonitor.com
		For days leading up to the reefing, hundreds of other Oriskany men converged on Pensacola to pay their respects in ways that were far less spectacular, but profoundly poignant all the same.
		The thought that Oriskany might be reduced to scrap or towed, as once proposed, to Tokyo Bay where it would have become a gaudy theme park, were not options any of us regarded as appropriate.
		On its date with destiny nine days ago, our thoughts and prayers went out to the 94 airmen who never survived their missions, to the 19 who were prisoners of war, and to the 44 sailors who perished in the 1966 fire.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0526/p09s01-coop.html (1086 words)

	Navy Times - Oriskany departs for final destination
		The carrier Oriskany will be towed out to the Gulf of Mexico today — her final trip before being sunk 24 miles southeast of Pensacola on Wednesday.
		The plan is for the explosives, once detonated, to fracture the valves and surrounding piping, causing the Oriskany to slowly flood.
		Navy, Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officials will be in vessels while the Oriskany is being towed to enforce the 500-foot zone during towing and will be stationed around the Oriskany once it reaches the sinking destination to keep boaters a mile away.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1800954.php (581 words)

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