Summary and Key Points: The USS Oriskany, a retired World War II-era aircraft carrier, was intentionally sunk in 2006 near Pensacola, Florida, to create the largest manmade artificial reef. -After ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pensacola is coming up on the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Oriskany. The "great carrier reef" as it's called was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Escambia County is exploring ways to pay for obtaining the retired passenger ship, SS United States, and sinking it in the Gulf of ...

USS Oriskany (CVA-34), named after the 1777 Battle of Oriskany, was an Essex-class aircraft carrier that stood 872-feet long with a beam of 147.5 feet. The US Navy commissioned her in 1950 and ...

The final Essex-class aircraft carrier constructed, the USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34), arrived too late to see service during the Second World War. However, after a successful career with the United States ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The "Mighty O" saw action in Korea and Vietnam and was home base of John McCain before he was taken captive by the North Vietnamese, but the aircraft carrier's greatest fame could ...

Pensacola is coming up on the 20th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Oriskany. The “great carrier reef” as it’s called was sunk more than 22 nautical miles southeast of Pensacola Pass in 2006. It ...