As shown, the USS Oriskany was supposed to sink in a horizontal attitude as planned by engineers.
http://www.news.navy.mil/management/vid ... px?ID=6893
This did not happen. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... htm?csp=34
PS: The official USN site has over 6700 video clips!
Sinking the USS Oriskany
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Sinking the USS Oriskany
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Only a few months have past since the sinking of the USS ORISKANY, but, as this video shows, the fauna and flora have started to settle down in the artifical reef as planned.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... kany&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... kany&hl=en
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Another view of the sinking of the USS ORISKANY. (Named afer the Battle of Oriskany --- about 100 west from where I live--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Oriskany)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEy35JycMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen ... 20Oriskany
Music is the US Navy Hymn; a very moving piece of music, I must say:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq53-1.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnm-4kSL ... ed&search=
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEy35JycMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch_fullscreen ... 20Oriskany
Music is the US Navy Hymn; a very moving piece of music, I must say:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq53-1.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnm-4kSL ... ed&search=
Ulrich