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 ...
But history knows many examples of how the human factor and technical failures caused accidents on military vehicles.Today we will tell you about a series of tragic events at USS Oriskany ...
The ocean liner will join the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier - currently the world's largest artificial reef - which was sunk off the Florida city of Pensacola in 2006. The move comes about four ...