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USS Oriskany was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico Guided by a flotilla of tugboats and small craft, the former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany passes in front of historic Fort Pickens as the warship makes its way along the Intracoastal Waterway from its last port call at Naval Air Station Pensacola to its final destination in the Gulf of Mexico in Pensacola, FL, USA on May 15, 2006. It will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. The public will be allowed to fish and dive on the ship two days later. Known as the Big O, the 32,000-ton, 888-foot aircraft carrier was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 1950 where it later became a highly decorated veteran of the Korea and Vie

USS Oriskany was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico Guided by a flotilla of tugboats and small craft, the former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany passes in front of historic Fort Pickens as the warship makes its way along the Intracoastal Waterway from its last port call at Naval Air Station Pensacola to its final destination in the Gulf of Mexico in Pensacola, FL, USA on May 15, 2006. It will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. The public will be allowed to fish and dive on the ship two days later. Known as the Big O, the 32,000-ton, 888-foot aircraft carrier was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 1950 where it later became a highly decorated veteran of the Korea and Vie

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Recording Date: May 31, 2006

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USS Oriskany was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico Guided by a flotilla of tugboats and small craft, the former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany passes in front of historic Fort Pickens as the warship makes its way along the Intracoastal Waterway from its last port call at Naval Air Station Pensacola to its final destination in the Gulf of Mexico in Pensacola, FL, USA on May 15, 2006. It will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. The public will be allowed to fish and dive on the ship two days later. Known as the Big O, the 32,000-ton, 888-foot aircraft carrier was built at the New York Naval Shipyard and delivered to the Navy in 1950 where it later became a highly decorated veteran of the Korea and Vie

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