Uss oriskany dwg
Uss oriskany (cv/cva - 34) -called mighty o; o - the ship;tostado o -was one of the 24 aircraft carriers class essex served during the secong world war to the united states navy .was the third vessel of the united states navy to take the name , and appointed him to the battle of oriskany . originally designed as an essex class ship , at 1950 was retrain with othher 14 essex class ship .operated in the pacific in 1970 gaining 2 stars in the 1970s after service in the korean war ,and 5 stars after service in vietnam war.in 1966 in one of the worst fires on bord died 44 men in the fire, when accidentally catch fire a flare of magnesio discharge in 1976 was sold for scrap in 1995 and recovered in 1997 . in 2004 it was decided to sink as artificial reef in the gulf of mexico off forida . after studying the environment and eliminate toxic substances was swamped with care in may 2006 placed in vertical position placed upright at a depht accessible to the recreational divers, from 2008 the oriskany is the larges vessel ever sunk to make a reef