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The Sinking of the ORISKANY
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 7:36 pm
by :FI:COM
I thought a few of you might be interested in this piece of Maritime history- the last of the line.
http://www.irishmansoftware.com/Oriskany.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:44 pm
by :FI:Noter
Cool pics...looks like some screen shots off Moe's computer.
Noter
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:47 pm
by :FI:Falcon
Thanks man.
I saw this item on the news last week,
about five seconds of video.
These pics are much better.
Sad, put cool ...
and think of the diving in a few years!
Falcon
Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 11:54 pm
by Menace
I'm just happy I wasn't part of the guys who brought it out there. Has anyone here been on a big ol' wreck of a ship? Or just been on one where know you are the only living soul onboard? Gives me the heebie jeebies every time. Ever get freaked out when you were nine in that old carnival haunted house? Mulitiply that a billion times. Ships have the wierdest noises you have ever heard when they are empty. Probably more so for me because I'm used to working on them, hearing the gensets, thrusters, engines and general shipboard activity. They just feel "wrong". Yes even though those pics were taken from an aircraft, in broad daylight, from a hundred yards away, they still kind of bother me.
Great find there! Really enjoyed that weblink.
:FI: "Scaredy Pants" Menace
Sorry, Menace..
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 2:03 pm
by :FI:COM
..It seems as if your'e all alone on that one. I did work on the U.S.S. Entrepid (47th st./Hudson river) at the flight sim there, and definately felt I was the only one ALIVE onboard......I just love the fact that the little skiff in the pics managed to stay afloat. ~S~
Great Link, Kent!
Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 11:18 pm
by :FI:Heloego
Now if Oleg's boyos would just re-model the sinkings to match!
Thanks,
Helo
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 4:30 am
by :FI:WillieOFS
They sank my old ship a while back.
She was the CVA-66 USS AMERICA.
I had several pards stationed on the "O" boat during the Nam deal. I remember very well when she dropped a propellor and had to go to Atsugi, Japan for drydock. We took her line period. We were out for 44 days straight on the gun line at "yankee station". We'd also had a BIG fire and were launching with only the two waist cats. Screwed up deal for sure, but our skipper was bucking for admiral.
