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USS Oriskany (CV-34) was to be the last of 24 completed Essex class aircraft carriers of the US Navy; her name was originally assigned to USS Wasp (CV-18), but that ship was renamed after Wasp (CV-7) was sunk in 1942.
The ship was launched in October 1945, already well after the end of WWII, and construction was suspended in August 1946, with the vessel 85% complete.
Exactly a year later, in August 1947, Oriskany was taken in to be converted into the prototype for the SCB-27 conversion to be applied throughout the class. Stripped to 60% of her original design, the ship was modernized with new catapults and elevators, a new island, and a strengthened flight deck, among many minor improvements.
Finally commissioned in September 1950, the carrier was deployed on the East Coast and the Mediterranean, joined the Pacific fleet in 1952 and operated in the Korean War and the Far East until 1956. Returning to San Francisco, Oriskany was heavily modernized following the SCB-125A conversion, with a hurricane bow and an angled flight deck.
Returning to service in 1959, she remained in the Pacific for the rest of her career. In 1966 a fire broke out due to an accidental ignition of a flare which killed 44. From 1967 the carrier was stationed off Vietnam and was heavily involved in the conflict.
In 1976, due to poor material condition, Oriskany was deactivated and put in reserve. Over the decades various parts and fittings were stripped to maintain her other sisters, particularly USS Hornet Museum, and was sold for scrap to a California company. However the Navy retook possession of the ship at the termination of the contract due to lack of progress.
Oriskany sat in Mare Island until 2004, when the Navy sold her for use as an artificial reef in Florida, and in March 2006 the ship sank in some 60 mt of water after being stripped of enviromentally hazardous materials.
The ship was launched in October 1945, already well after the end of WWII, and construction was suspended in August 1946, with the vessel 85% complete.
Exactly a year later, in August 1947, Oriskany was taken in to be converted into the prototype for the SCB-27 conversion to be applied throughout the class. Stripped to 60% of her original design, the ship was modernized with new catapults and elevators, a new island, and a strengthened flight deck, among many minor improvements.
Finally commissioned in September 1950, the carrier was deployed on the East Coast and the Mediterranean, joined the Pacific fleet in 1952 and operated in the Korean War and the Far East until 1956. Returning to San Francisco, Oriskany was heavily modernized following the SCB-125A conversion, with a hurricane bow and an angled flight deck.
Returning to service in 1959, she remained in the Pacific for the rest of her career. In 1966 a fire broke out due to an accidental ignition of a flare which killed 44. From 1967 the carrier was stationed off Vietnam and was heavily involved in the conflict.
In 1976, due to poor material condition, Oriskany was deactivated and put in reserve. Over the decades various parts and fittings were stripped to maintain her other sisters, particularly USS Hornet Museum, and was sold for scrap to a California company. However the Navy retook possession of the ship at the termination of the contract due to lack of progress.
Oriskany sat in Mare Island until 2004, when the Navy sold her for use as an artificial reef in Florida, and in March 2006 the ship sank in some 60 mt of water after being stripped of enviromentally hazardous materials.
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