Tech Diving the Oriskany

[reefseal]

Man is that COOOL!!! Scooters are way to go! Soooo pscyhed.

Looks like depths have changed. Deck is 135 feet, hangar 165.

 

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Deck at 139' when I was there Settled even more I guess.

 

[wjefferis]

Here is a dive report I got from MBT divers at http://www.mbtdivers.com/ . Dive report in from Friday - Oriskany, visibility 100'+, water temps 68 on the flight deck.

You might want to check out their website, they have alot of good local info and info on the Oriskany. They also have produced a video on diving the Oriskany. I think it was $19.00, it was definitely worth it.

 

[Thalassamania]

I have to check with someone,he gave me the sites to check out,but you can go to this link and it has some basic details of the bridge and the areas around it.
http://www.uss-hornet.org/explore_ship/index.html
This is to the USS Hornet in SD.She is a close sister to the Oriskaney.This site has a few diagrams of the bridge and also decks.

The hornet is in Alameda CA, not San Diego (over 500 miles away).

 

[Ben_ca]

The USS Midway is the carrier in San Diego

 

[wjefferis]

Not only does MBT divers have an underwater video of the Oriskany they also have a video of her lay out pre-sinking. http://www.mbtdivers.com/

 

[truck1]

The hornet is in Alameda CA, not San Diego (over 500 miles away).

I am sorry.For some reason I keep confusing a few ships.Hornet and Midway are two of them.Anyway,since Oriskaney and Hornet are close sisters,the basic bridge layout shoud be fairly close.At least it will give someone an idea of what they looked at or are looking at.

 

[sandersondiver]

If you would like to see what is below the flight deck and above check out this video of some tech divers on the "O" http://divingindepth.com/DesktopModules/MonoX/images/DiD/Repository/Videos/oriskany%20dive.wmv this video shows alot, hope it helps.

This was a good day on the boat. Another reason not to overlook the South Alabama guys that run out to the "O". There is also an article that these guys wrote about diving the "O" that day.
www.downunderdiveshop.com

 

[wjefferis]

Very true I didn't give "props" to Down under, but they did mention you on the video. I look forward to going out a couple times with you guys this summer, I have heard nothing but great things about the shop and your boat. Being a diver in the Pensacola area I typically forget about all the great charter ops in lower alabama.