Plastic models, Oriskany vs. Essex

[2Tours N Iraq`]

Unless you're a technical diver, going to the bottom while diving the Mighty O is well beyond recreational limits. The flight deck lies in between 130 and 140 feet of water. The superstructure rises up to about 80 feet or so. I have not dived the wreck yet so I don't know anything about the conditions. DA Aquamaster is right in that it is about 21 miles offshore. I've also heard through the grapevine it is tough to get on a charter on spur of the moment as they are usually booked about a year or so in advance but that wouldn't stop me from calling around to see if any local charters had a cancellation.

Check out the Divespots Oriskany Page for more information and GPS coordinates on the wreck.

 

[djones103]

I plan on diving the Oriskany June12-22 and have been doing tons of research. Here is a cool site:
USS Oriskany I also have a unit persepective, my dad was on the 1956 Westpac tour. Here's another cool site: Welcome to MBT Divers!

Good luck

 

[Pipnaintez]

Unless you're a technical diver, going to the bottom while diving the Mighty O is well beyond recreational limits. The flight deck lies in between 130 and 140 feet of water. The superstructure rises up to about 80 feet or so. I have not dived the wreck yet so I don't know anything about the conditions. DA Aquamaster is right in that it is about 21 miles offshore. I've also heard through the grapevine it is tough to get on a charter on spur of the moment as they are usually booked about a year or so in advance but that wouldn't stop me from calling around to see if any local charters had a cancellation.

Check out the Divespots Oriskany Page for more information and GPS coordinates on the wreck.

You are very right in the fact that going beyond the flight deck is a technical dive. It it 212 fsw to the sand. However it is not nearly as hard to find a charter to the Oriskany as you think. I did a trip on the Oriskany in March. I live in Houston Tx and decided on a Friday at 11am that I wanted to do the dive. I called up MBT divers and was on the charter H20 Below at 8am the next morning heading out to the Oriskany. Last week me and a couple friends decided to go again and booked a trip through pensecola dive company for this coming Saturday.

Here are some pics from my previous dive.

I hope you enjoy them!