kjfitz
05/10/06 11:29 AM
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The Oriskany is going to be sunk in the gulf next week. Based on the info below she should show up in one of the GM, YM, or LL maps but I can't find her. Anyone else want to take a crack at it?
"Decommissioned in 1976 and maintained for possible reactivation until it was stricken from the naval registry 13 years later, the Oriskany was sold for scrap in 1994 but the contractor went bankrupt and the Navy repossessed the ship in 1997. A marine contractor towed the rusting hulk from Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, Calif., around Cape Horn to Beaumont, Texas, in 1999, where it languished for four years in the Port Neches River.
Faced with costly maintenance for an ever-growing fleet of inactive ships, the Navy began exploring alternatives. One possibility was working with maritime communities to incorporate vessels in their waterfront attractions. The Navy designated the Oriskany for the reefing project in 2003, when Pensacola civic boosters and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission expressed interest in developing a place where sea life could congregate and multiply, and thousands of visitors could come to catch or observe them. The ship was towed to Corpus Christi, Texas, for pre-sinking preparations, then here [Pensacola, FL] for its final port call on March 22."
kjfitz
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TexasAndroid
05/10/06 11:58 AM
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Nice little boneyard over here. Unfortuneately, the bulk of the boneyard is in low rez, and the Oriskany is definitely not one of the few in high rez. There's a shape towards the right of the boneyard that may very well be it, but is impossible to know for certain at low rez. But this spot is almost certainly the general area she was stored while in Beaumont.
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TexasAndroid
05/10/06 12:05 PM
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WLL isn't much help either. Most of the boneyard is in high rez, but it's a totally different collection of ships, and the Oriskany is definitely not amoung them.
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Parabellum
05/20/06 05:10 PM
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Going, going, gone: http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_200651821814.asp
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kjfitz
09/15/06 12:23 PM
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Found it.
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/23608/
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kjfitz
09/29/06 01:49 AM
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Found it again:
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/24150/
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