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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.
English: A U.S. Navy North American AJ-1 Savage attack plane aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) on 29 August 1952, when Oriskany was operating off the U.S. West Coast, preparing for her first Korean War deployment.
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.
VF-783/VF-122 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Twelve (CVG-12) aboard USS Oriskany, which was deployed to Korea from 15 September 1952 to 18 May 1953. It lost 4 F9F-5s and 2 pilots killed. [ 2 ] : 142 On 13 April 1953, the engine of an F9F Panther from the squadron flamed out during a photo reconnaissance mission and the pilot Lt(jg) Roy ...
The squadron deployed aboard USS Oriskany in September 1953, and during that cruise to the Orient, the pilots participated in the filming of The Bridges at Toko-Ri. It was the debut of this film that earned the squadron the name "World Famous Golden Dragons."
1 February-18 September 1969 Detachment 14 USS Ticonderoga; 18 March-29 October 1969 Detachment 31 USS Bon Homme Richard; 16 April-17 November 1969 Detachment 34 USS Oriskany. On 24 May RF-8G [BuNo 146884] was lost in a non-combat incident, the pilot ejected and was rescued. [13] 2 August 1969 – 15 April 1970 Detachment 19 USS Hancock. On 16 ...
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.
16 June 1967 - 31 January 1968: VA-152 is the second-to-last US Navy attack squadron to fly the single-seat A-1H/J Skyraider in combat, as part of Carrier Air Wing 16 (embarked aboard the Oriskany), during the squadron's and carrier's third combat cruise to Southeast Asia. VA-152 loses one aircraft and its pilot during this last A-1 cruise, on ...