Uh-Oh. Oriskany is down!

paulwall · May 17, 2006

UPDATE 11 a.m.: Oriskany has sunk
Larry Wheeler
11 a.m.: Oriskany has sunk. The last tip of the Oriskany's hurricane bow disappeared into the Gulf at approximately 11 a.m., approximately 36 minutes from the first explosions, a far cry from the five hours engineers originally estimated it would take for the ship to go down.

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/NEWS01/60517002/1006

Tanked Monkey · May 17, 2006

Woo hoo! Now, the race is on to dive it!

Mike

paulwall · May 17, 2006

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/NEWS01/60517002/1006[/QUOTE]

The day's events are expected at first light when Jon Dodrill, environmental administrator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, leads two small boats into the one-mile safety zone around the Oriskany to look for signs of endangered marine mammals, such as sea turtles.

The ship sank unexpectedly. They are hoping that it is upright. We likely won't know before this evening or tomorrow.

SuPrBuGmAn · May 17, 2006

Had a great day out there, full report and pics up tomorrow hopefully

Too damned tired to do it tonight. LDS Owner heard over the radio that it settled upright by the way.

CD_in_Chitown · May 17, 2006

Great to hear, wish I could have been there for the sinking but I'll wait for the dust to settle and the vis to come back and head down this fall.

dkunstman · May 18, 2006

CD_in_Chitown:
Great to hear, wish I could have been there for the sinking but I'll wait for the dust to settle and the vis to come back and head down this fall.

When you do be sure to let me know. I am in for a trip this fall. I have been chomping at the bit to dive this one!

Dennis

jwhitlock · May 18, 2006

Glad to hear it went well.....I might try and dive it in late June or July, Im sure it will be crowded every weekend for the next several months...

SuPrBuGmAn · May 18, 2006

Yeah, I'm looking to get back sometime this summer when I can recoop some money. Got alot of plans between now and then that I will require empting my pockets first

truck1 · May 20, 2006

paulwall:
UPDATE 11 a.m.: Oriskany has sunk
Larry Wheeler
11 a.m.: Oriskany has sunk. The last tip of the Oriskany's hurricane bow disappeared into the Gulf at approximately 11 a.m., approximately 36 minutes from the first explosions, a far cry from the five hours engineers originally estimated it would take for the ship to go down.

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060517/NEWS01/60517002/1006

I would love to see the full video from just before the first charge went off.Cant wait to get up there and dive her.I guess the engineers misplaced a decimal point.

To err is human - to foulup requires a typo.

laserdoc · May 21, 2006

Anyone find out how she is sitting on the floor??

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