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USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34), (/ ɔːr ˈ ɪ s k ə n iː / or / ə ˈ r ɪ s k ə n iː /), was one of the few Essex-class aircraft carriers completed after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. The history of Oriskany differs considerably from that of her sister ships.
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The 1966 USS Oriskany fire was a major fire that broke out aboard the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Oriskany on the morning of 26 October 1966. The fire broke out after a lit flare was locked in a flare locker. The fire killed 44 people, mostly air crew, and injured 156 more.
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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) during the Korean War. The Oriskany, with assigned Carrier Air Group 102 (CVG-102), was deployed to Korea from 15 September 1952 to 18 May 1953.
Returned San Diego 17 December 1962 - CAG-16 - - CVA 34; November 1963: USS Oriskany, with VA-164 embarked, operated in the South China Sea during a crisis in South Vietnam and the coup that overthrew President Diem. 5 May 1965: The squadron flew its first combat sortie. From May through July 1965, it flew close air support missions in South ...
Of this total, there are almost 7,000 Vietnam veterans. Barnstable County has the largest veteran population of all 14 Massachusetts counties. Of this total, there are almost 7,000 Vietnam ...
The first five were with Carrier Air Wing 16 in USS Oriskany between 1962 and 1968, and the last with Carrier Air Wing 21 in USS Hancock in 1968-1969. In the first three WESTPAC combat cruises to Southeast Asia (SEA) (1965–68), VA-163 sustained periods of heavy losses, including 14 aircraft destroyed by enemy action, with at least five pilots ...