060420-N-4097B-003 Pensacola, Fla. (April 20, 2006) - Resolve Marine Group employees, left, Aaron Nahapetian and Robert Lee Jr., begin pulling cable in off the flight deck aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34) in preparation for the ship's scheduled sinking. Oriskany is schedule to be scuttled 22 miles south of Pensacola in approximately 212 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico May 17, 2006, where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After the Oriskany reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the Navy to
060420-N-4097B-003 Pensacola, Fla. (April 20, 2006) - Resolve Marine Group employees, left, Aaron Nahapetian and Robert Lee Jr., begin pulling cable in off the flight deck aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34) in preparation for the ship's scheduled sinking. Oriskany is schedule to be scuttled 22 miles south of Pensacola in approximately 212 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico May 17, 2006, where it will become the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. After the Oriskany reaches the bottom, ownership of the vessel will transfer from the Navy to the State of Florida. Navy photo by Journalist First Class Jackey Bratt (RELEASED) US Navy 060420-N-4097B-003 Resolve Marine Group employees, left, Aaron Nahapetian and Robert Lee Jr., begin pulling cable in off the flight deck aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34)
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