060419-N-4097B-002 Pensacola, Fla. (April 19, 2006) - Resolve Marine Group employee, Robert Luna sweeps dust and debris from the escalator aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34). Known as the "Big O," the 32,000-ton, 888-foot Oriskany is in Pensacola, where it is being prepared for its final journey. 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
060419-N-4097B-002 Pensacola, Fla. (April 19, 2006) - Resolve Marine Group employee, Robert Luna sweeps dust and debris from the escalator aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34). Known as the "Big O," the 32,000-ton, 888-foot Oriskany is in Pensacola, where it is being prepared for its final journey. 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 1st Class Jackey Bratt (RELEASED) US Navy 060419-N-4097B-002 Resolve Marine Group employee, Robert Luna sweeps dust and debris from the escalator aboard the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34)
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