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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

The Korean-era aircraft carrier, USS Oriskany, was scuttled in the Gulf of Mexico today. Click the photo for a larger version.

And here is the USS Oriskany home page.

Update: LOTS more pics at Murdoc Online (via PJM). The pictures are cool but I imagine the old crew members must have some very complicated feelings watching that.

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Thanks for the link!

I'm sure you are absolutely right about the feelings of former crewmen. But old sailors almost always say that they'd prefer their ship go down rather than to the scrap yard.

And not only will the ship live on, but divers will be able to visit her (assuming all went as planned).

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