USS Oriskany

Essex-class aircraft carrier (CV-34) 沉没时间 2006 24–65 m Pensacola, Florida (Gulf of Mexico)

AI生成插图

这里曾有生命逝去None in the scuttling; 44 men died in her 1966 shipboard fire, remembered by veterans who visit the wreck. 当地潜水运营商要求以相应的敬意对待沉船。

记录详尽

至甲板深度

24 m / 79 ft

最大深度

65 m / 213 ft

建造 / 沉没

1945 / 2006

时长

271 m

基本概况

Upright

级别

Technical

最佳月份

May–Oct

我们的故事

The 'Mighty O' fought two wars before becoming the largest ship ever deliberately sunk as an artificial reef. Completed after the Second World War to an improved Essex-class design, the Oriskany launched strikes through Korea and Vietnam; a magnesium-flare fire in 1966 killed 44 of her crew, and among her aviators was John McCain, shot down over Hanoi in 1967. Decommissioned in 1976 and slated for scrap, she was instead handed to Florida, cleaned of contaminants over years, and scuttled 22.5 miles southeast of Pensacola in May 2006 — the 'Great Carrier Reef.' She sits upright on sand at roughly 64 meters, and hurricanes have since settled her deeper into the bottom: the flight deck now lies near 44 meters, so recreational divers work only the island superstructure, which rises to about 24 meters, while the deck and hangar bays are the province of technical teams. Charters run from Pensacola and Destin, and on a clear day the tower emerging from blue Gulf water below a descent line is one of American diving's genuinely humbling sights.

她是如何沉没的: Deliberately scuttled as an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola, Florida, 17 May 2006.

今日潜水中

环境条件: Upright and structurally sound, settling gradually into the sand; lighter island fittings are corroding away

穿越式潜水: Full With Training. Openings exist throughout the island and hull, but every enclosed space starts deep; interior work is technical diving, full stop, and the ship has claimed unprepared divers. 进入任何封闭式环境均需专项培训——至少取得沉船潜水认证，进行完整穿越须完成技术沉船培训。

建议持有证书: Deep specialty for the island; technical training for the flight deck and below

水流: Moderate · 能见度: 10–30 m

海洋生物: Amberjack and almaco jack swarm the tower, red snapper crowd the flight deck, sandbar sharks and the occasional whale shark cruise past, and baitballs sheet across the island in summer.

危险因素: Serious depth, open-water current, monofilament from fishing boats, and an interior far beyond recreational limits