The World's Largest Public Domain Media Search Engine
Resolve Marine Group employee, Mr. Robert Luna sweeps dust and debris from the escalator aboard the decommissioned Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), during preparations to sink the vessel, conducted at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida (FL). The ORISKANY is schedule to be scuttled 22 miles south of Florida in approximately 212 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After the ORISKANY reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the Navy to the State of Florida. (SUBSTANDARD)

Similar

Resolve Marine Group employee, Mr. Robert Luna sweeps dust and debris from the escalator aboard the decommissioned Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA 34), during preparations to sink the vessel, conducted at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida (FL). The ORISKANY is schedule to be scuttled 22 miles south of Florida in approximately 212 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After the ORISKANY reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the Navy to the State of Florida. (SUBSTANDARD)

description

Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola

State: Florida (FL)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jackey Bratt, USN

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.

date_range

Date

19/04/2006
place

Location

create

Source

The U.S. National Archives
copyright

Copyright info

No known copyright restrictions

Explore more

resolve
resolve