USS Oriskany penetration

[Kriterian]

Anyone have a site or care to explain here what exactly is involved in sinking these things? I understand the opening up of all the accesses, removing environmental and other hazards but what actually causes her to sink? Explosives, filling the holds, putting a few million divers on the deck?

I assume explosives but that doesn't seem as accurate or reliable.

 

[markfm]

A link on oil platform conversion:
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/rigs-to-reefs/artificial-reefs.html
For ship reefing, you might want to look at:
http://www.ships2reefs.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=20
(neat links on the left side, and the epa draft policy is linked in the middle of the page)

 

[Kriterian]

A link on oil platform conversion:
http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/rigs-to-reefs/artificial-reefs.html
For ship reefing, you might want to look at:
http://www.ships2reefs.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=20
(neat links on the left side, and the epa draft policy is linked in the middle of the page)

Thanks for the links, I appreciate it.

 

[PerroneFord]

Anyone have a site or care to explain here what exactly is involved in sinking these things? I understand the opening up of all the accesses, removing environmental and other hazards but what actually causes her to sink? Explosives, filling the holds, putting a few million divers on the deck?

I assume explosives but that doesn't seem as accurate or reliable.

UDT guys are VERY good with charges... they can be pretty darn good at sinking a boat where they want it to go. How it orients itself though may be a different story. It'll be a couple of years before I'll be ready to take a look at this bad boy, but the anticipation is part of the fun.

 

[pcowboy6196]

No offense... but:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/usnshtp/cv/scb27cl.htm

"A distinctive new feature was a taller, shorter island. To better protect aircrews, ready rooms were moved to below the armored hangar deck, with a large escalator on the starboard side amidships to move airmen up to the flight deck."

That is neat that they "did" have those on a few ships. But I can assure you that they didn't last. I've been stationed on the USS Enterprise, USS John F. Kennedy, and USS Roosevelt and there were no escalators. Only 4 main elevators from the hanger to roof, bomb elevators, and a couple dumb waiters for moving heavy gear to repair shops. And ppl can't "ride" one except occasionally in special situations that require it. But I sure do wish that my boats had escalators on 'em. That would have made life a whole lot easier (I worked on the roof and constantly had to run from roof to hanger to roof quickly)

 

[Florabama]

Unfortunately, everyone will have to wait at least until the end of hurricane season. She's headed back to Texas for the summer. Some of us suspect it won't be back to Pensacola. Government conspiracy!

 

[mike_s]

has it left yet?

 

[Florabama]

has it left yet?

No, but it's supposed to leave in June. Officals were afraid, after IVAN, that she couldn't be properly moored in Pensacola in event of another hurricane. The Navy is paying nearly 2 million to send her back to Texas and will have another 2 mill bill to bring her back after hurricane season -- hopefully -- to put her on the bottom of the Gulf near Pensacola. Government bureaucracy at its finest.

 

[mike_s]

jeez. for the $4 million they are spending, the could have had it environmentally cleaned and gold plated by now.

 

[Rick Murchison]

No offense... but:

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/usnshtp/cv/scb27cl.htm

"A distinctive new feature was a taller, shorter island. To better protect aircrews, ready rooms were moved to below the armored hangar deck, with a large escalator on the starboard side amidships to move airmen up to the flight deck."

Just goes to show you that you can't believe everything you read. While the "O" boat did have some ready rooms below the hangar deck, there were also ready rooms on the O2 level (gallery deck just beneath the flight deck).
The escalators on the 27C mod boats (the "O" boat is technically a 27B mod but "everybody" calls her a 27C) were abandoned on later models, and most ready rooms moved back to the gallery deck (O3 level). On Vinson (if memory serves) all ready rooms are back up on the O3 level. Other air ops associated spaces were moved higher as well; now CATCC (the Carrier Air Traffic Control Center), Air intel, etc etc are all up on the gallery deck. On the O boat CATCC was below decks.
Rick