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The New York Times Web video Diving the U.S.S. Oriskany explored the Oriskany wreck two years after its sinking. [ 16 ] Oriskany leaves port for the last time, bound for the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef.
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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The smoke plume from the burning USS Forrestal, as photographed from USS Oriskany. The explosions tore seven holes in the flight deck. About 40,000 US gallons (150,000 L; 33,000 imp gal) of burning jet fuel from ruptured aircraft tanks poured across the deck and through the holes in the deck into the aft hangar bay and berthing compartments.
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A man and his 10-year-old daughter were rescued by the US Coast Guard in the early hours of Sunday, April 29, after their tugboat ran aground and started taking on water near the Poquoson Flats in ...
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Work had been underway to repair the aging ship, which first began taking on water Wednesday night.