Served on the Big “O” in the early 60’s, my squadron was VAH-4 Det Golf, she was a very well run ship, clean, great food, I had 2 westpac cruises on her, broke my heart when she went down!
I helped Captain John H. Iarrobino recover artifacts from the ship when she was moored at Mare Island, something I'll wish I could relive and will never forget. What a ship!
I walked on the flight deck of the Oriskany when it was moored in San Francisco once. That was the first time that I learned the deck consisted of some kind of blacktop. I am sure they must have stripped that off before sinking because in the video the deck looks like rusty metal. Oh, and PETA has filed a suit against the Navy for sinking the ship because when it landed on the bottom it squashed a bunch of seat turtles, urchins, and other creatures. (Just kidding, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had).
Nice I want to Dive to take a look at this ship and see what sealife decided occupy her. Its amazing how many of these old ships get put down, I am glad all 4 Iowa class got preserved
Everything has a lifespan, either due to decay or obsolescence or both. Thank you to all the sailors and pilots who served on her, especially those who died while serving on her.
It's a lot faster than you think, huh? If hit in the right places (as here, there were 22 explosive charges placed in strategic locations, and all of the watertight doors were left open) and nothing is done to try to stop the flooding, ships will sink alarmingly fast.
As a Navy veteran, this is utterly terrifying to watch. The most important job of any sailor onboard a vessel is to keep it afloat. A lot of time is spent training every single member of the Navy on how to do just that. During basic training, we were split into teams and one team would go inside a ship mockup in a giant indoor swimming pool. The "ship" had various types of damage that we had to repair in a certain amount of time to keep it from sinking. Of course we were clothed head to toe in our normal uniforms to do it. My team was successful on the third try if I remember correctly.
US Aircraft carriers are the mighty behemoths of the sea. It's incredibly sad to see this beastly ship, the pride of our navy, a great symbol of our amazing county, intentionally sunk to the bottom of the ocean. This ship took years and 100s of people to build and housed thousands of sailors during its service. It was sunk in minutes when for years keeping it afloat was priority one. It's just sad. The US Navy is the finest maritime force in the world. I'm sure the emotions of the sailors that served on her were uneasy as they watched it slip under the waves. It's tremendously sad. Thanks to all of the men and women who have served our country on the land, in the air and on the sea. Our hearts are with you and your ships and we are a grateful nation..... God Bless this ship and its crews.....
Mike Graham thank God for that part .. who the fuck wants to be born as a cow milker with 200 years of history ? my grannys house is older then that hahah.. history of neon lights and few hookers under it and you think you are some great nation ? applause for that hahaha but ok kids have right to imagine things
I've read the comments and can tell you in 1976 when they decommissioned "The Mighty - O" she was in perfect working order. I know this because I was stationed on her for over a year while it got a major overhaul - we cleaned the fuel tanks, boilers and everything necessary to convert it from diesel fuel to Navy distillate she was cleaned and repaired "all 980 feet of her" bottom to top including a new flight deck...all done with good old fashioned tax payer $$$$ one year before it was decommissioned!!!
Amen. The mighty O served with pride and is still serving with pride. The mighty O had a life expectancy of 45min., the Mighty O lasted longer and had to place more charges to sink her. she was fully cleaned fo hazzardous materials and is serving has a reef for all undersea life. It sure beats being cut from one of her razor blades like some of the other boats of her era.
Before you read other comments please be aware: everyone on the internet thinks they have a phd in everything, so expect to read a lot from a “marine biologist” or whatever they call themselves
Served aboard the USS Oriskany during the Vietnam war 71-74 as a Plane Capt. and Ordnance loader with VA-155. Sad that they sunk the old girl. Wished they would have made a Museum out of her like they did the Lexington and Intrepid and Midway.
I watched an episode of south park which had to do with PETA and I believe that about them 100% I love animals dearly but I think they do go a bit too far
you don't just blow up a ship. The contract would involve removing all contaminants like oil, fuel, cabling and things like cadmium plate. That is then recycled. The only thing that should be left is the steel itself.
+Dávid Chelemen Economics, plus steel has a fatigue life, who in their right mind would spend multi 100's of millions or more on a state of the art ship that may be used to defend your homeland, and use secondhand materials that had a dubious lifespan left? .
its not so much about the lifespam of the steel. Cause steel can be melted are re used rather easly . Its about the cost of dismanteling a ship of this size. Dismanteling the ship , taking the steel , melting the steel and re using it. All the labor and time spent into it... This would be more expensive then just buying new steel. So might as well make a reef out of the ship.
Yes, Oriskany is now an artificial reef. There are other videos (or were) on YT showing dives on it a year later. The dives shown at the end of this video were made immediately after the sinking.
Chino Pisces Making the video was an emotional experience for me. I had a relative that served on that ship. He didn't die or was even injured on it, but he was a close relative for me all of his life. RIP Uncle Bill.
So that's what they do with old aircraft carriers and some battleships that have finally retired and seen their days all rusted up and worn out from war and its years in service! They strip the metals and other valuable essentials off the vessel and place charges/ordinances on them and blow the ship up and let it sink into the ocean!! 🚢
Instead of landing it would have taken to dismantle, recycle the metal parts to assimilate...etc...Instead, they should pollute the ocean with it because it was cheaper -.- '
+irishlad76 you're telling me scrapping an entire aircraft carrier to be recycled is cheaper than to just strip it of hazardous material so that it can become part of the marine ecosystem? Wow. You are so very smart.
The ship had been out of commission for 30 years at the time, during those years it was exposed to the elements with little or no care or maintenance. Scrapping wasn't a viable option, the cost would have exceeded the scrap value. It was too old and worn and decrepit to be used for anything else.
POKOLFAJZAT ***** ***** The _Big O'_ had largely been stripped of any toxic materials such as asbestos, lead, fuels, oils, and so on. So other than the ship collapsing on itself in ~400+ years and crushing the fish birthing grounds made inside of her, it's a very safe environment for the marine life. Secondly, after said stripping was finished, the overall worth of scrapping her would not be as economical as creating an artificial reef.
The ship was decommissioned thirty years before this. Scrapping it wasn't a viable option, the cost would have exceeded the scrap value. It was too old and decrepit to be restored for some other use.
The cost would have exceeded the scrap value. Cheaper just to make new steel of better quality. And every pollutant, toxin or contaminant on board was removed prior to scuttling, the whole process took almost a year. What remained was little more than bare steel. Your turn to "eat poop".
It saddens me to see this. I was a carrier sailor for 12 years back in the 70's and 80's. But I guess in a way, she is still serving.
Served on the Big “O” in the early 60’s, my squadron was VAH-4 Det Golf, she was a very well run ship, clean, great food, I had 2 westpac cruises on her, broke my heart when she went down!
What a historic ship...a shame I couldn't see it sink myself. My granddad served on that beautiful ship.
My husbands old ship. How time flies when you are having fun. Hugs. EB
I helped Captain John H. Iarrobino recover artifacts from the ship when she was moored at Mare Island, something I'll wish I
could relive and will never forget. What a ship!
I walked on the flight deck of the Oriskany when it was moored in San Francisco once. That was the first time that I learned the deck consisted of some kind of blacktop. I am sure they must have stripped that off before sinking because in the video the deck looks like rusty metal. Oh, and PETA has filed a suit against the Navy for sinking the ship because when it landed on the bottom it squashed a bunch of seat turtles, urchins, and other creatures. (Just kidding, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had).
John Hand At first, I really thought you were serious abut PETA. :)It does sound just like them.
I hope SpongeBob is fine though
Nice I want to Dive to take a look at this ship and see what sealife decided occupy her.
Its amazing how many of these old ships get put down, I am glad all 4 Iowa class got preserved
Ma'am or Sir:
Very respectfully created. Thank you.
Everything has a lifespan, either due to decay or obsolescence or both. Thank you to all the sailors and pilots who served on her, especially those who died while serving on her.
Sad to watch, but glad to know she will still be visited!
There's something terrifying about watching a ship sink
I agree. Even when it is done on purpose and will make a nice home for many sea creatures.
Robyn Johnson especially when that ship used to be your home in the vast pacific ocean
It's a lot faster than you think, huh?
If hit in the right places (as here, there were 22 explosive charges placed in strategic locations, and all of the watertight doors were left open) and nothing is done to try to stop the flooding, ships will sink alarmingly fast.
As a Navy veteran, this is utterly terrifying to watch. The most important job of any sailor onboard a vessel is to keep it afloat. A lot of time is spent training every single member of the Navy on how to do just that. During basic training, we were split into teams and one team would go inside a ship mockup in a giant indoor swimming pool. The "ship" had various types of damage that we had to repair in a certain amount of time to keep it from sinking. Of course we were clothed head to toe in our normal uniforms to do it. My team was successful on the third try if I remember correctly.
what brass band is playing the navy hymn in this clip?
Pri-Fly underwater....never thought I’d see that!
Nicely done!
Love the use of "Eternal Father" as an accompaniment.
Heath J
Thank you. It seemed appropriate.
Heath J Yep, that was excellent!
May God Bless all who sail in her
weren't they singing that in church in the movie titanic
US Aircraft carriers are the mighty behemoths of the sea. It's incredibly sad to see this beastly ship, the pride of our navy, a great symbol of our amazing county, intentionally sunk to the bottom of the ocean. This ship took years and 100s of people to build and housed thousands of sailors during its service. It was sunk in minutes when for years keeping it afloat was priority one. It's just sad.
The US Navy is the finest maritime force in the world. I'm sure the emotions of the sailors that served on her were uneasy as they watched it slip under the waves. It's tremendously sad. Thanks to all of the men and women who have served our country on the land, in the air and on the sea. Our hearts are with you and your ships and we are a grateful nation..... God Bless this ship and its crews.....
you're
Aleksandar...see your comments? That's why God didn't bless you with being born an American!
Mike Graham
thank God for that part .. who the fuck wants to be born as a cow milker with 200 years of history ? my grannys house is older then that hahah.. history of neon lights and few hookers under it and you think you are some great nation ? applause for that hahaha but ok kids have right to imagine things
What music is that?
What's the song in the background?
+Piero La Fata The song in the background is known as the sailors hymn. It's Eternal Farther, Strong to Save.
Underwater museum now
40 years
I've read the comments and can tell you in 1976 when they decommissioned "The Mighty - O" she was in perfect working order. I know this because I was stationed on her for over a year while it got a major overhaul - we cleaned the fuel tanks, boilers and everything necessary to convert it from diesel fuel to Navy distillate she was cleaned and repaired "all 980 feet of her" bottom to top including a new flight deck...all done with good old fashioned tax payer $$$$ one year before it was decommissioned!!!
Amen. The mighty O served with pride and is still serving with pride. The mighty O had a life expectancy of 45min., the Mighty O lasted longer and had to place more charges to sink her.
she was fully cleaned fo hazzardous materials and is serving has a reef for all undersea life. It sure beats being cut from one of her razor blades like some of the other boats of her era.
Does anyone of you know a name Robert shoulton
Before you read other comments please be aware: everyone on the internet thinks they have a phd in everything, so expect to read a lot from a “marine biologist” or whatever they call themselves
Served aboard the USS Oriskany during the Vietnam war 71-74 as a Plane Capt. and Ordnance loader with VA-155. Sad that they sunk the old girl. Wished they would have made a Museum out of her like they did the Lexington and Intrepid and Midway.
Yeah, my grandfather served aboard her around that time. Totally should've made it a museum
It's a meuseum for sea creatures :D
Sad day
I watched an episode of south park which had to do with PETA and I believe that about them 100% I love animals dearly but I think they do go a bit too far
Very sad to watch the death of a great ship. :(
you don't just blow up a ship. The contract would involve removing all contaminants like oil, fuel, cabling and things like cadmium plate. That is then recycled. The only thing that should be left is the steel itself.
Why didn't they used its steel to make another ship, instead of sink it?
+Dávid Chelemen Economics, plus steel has a fatigue life, who in their right mind would spend multi 100's of millions or more on a state of the art ship that may be used to defend your homeland, and use secondhand materials that had a dubious lifespan left? .
+Dávid Chelemen it's more dramatic this way
its not so much about the lifespam of the steel. Cause steel can be melted are re used rather easly . Its about the cost of dismanteling a ship of this size. Dismanteling the ship , taking the steel , melting the steel and re using it. All the labor and time spent into it... This would be more expensive then just buying new steel. So might as well make a reef out of the ship.
Is that a car on deck?
Robert Haynal No. it's a Boat
American version of the Titanic
This is a scuttle?
Yes, Oriskany is now an artificial reef. There are other videos (or were) on YT showing dives on it a year later.
The dives shown at the end of this video were made immediately after the sinking.
Chino Pisces
Making the video was an emotional experience for me. I had a relative that served on that ship. He didn't die or was even injured on it, but he was a close relative for me all of his life. RIP Uncle Bill.
Chino Pisces
I appreciate your replies. Out of respect got the subject, I have edited out the exchange with the troll.
So that's what they do with old aircraft carriers and some battleships that have finally retired and seen their days all rusted up and worn out from war and its years in service! They strip the metals and other valuable essentials off the vessel and place
charges/ordinances on them and blow the ship up and let it sink into the ocean!! 🚢
Then the goverment says "We are running out of metal, RECYCLE MORE!" Then you see this video.
Recycling is good as a rule, but it isn't always the best option.
Instead of landing it would have taken to dismantle, recycle the metal parts to assimilate...etc...Instead, they should pollute the ocean with it because it was cheaper -.- '
it was cleared out of toxic stuff and sunken in order to create reef, so nothing bad about it
+irishlad76 you're telling me scrapping an entire aircraft carrier to be recycled is cheaper than to just strip it of hazardous material so that it can become part of the marine ecosystem? Wow. You are so very smart.
@@TheSympathize It is actually cheaper to scrap them. But this actual preserves the ship for longer, as she will be dove on for decades in the future.
So they thought that the smartest thing would be to sink it. wtf
+Rok Jaklič Artificial reef. That's why.
The ship had been out of commission for 30 years at the time, during those years it was exposed to the elements with little or no care or maintenance. Scrapping wasn't a viable option, the cost would have exceeded the scrap value. It was too old and worn and decrepit to be used for anything else.
No more is better used for something else, rather than continue filling with dirt the ocean ??
why wouldn't they recycle all the metal, there's so much money to be made instead of just sinking it
Because sinking it will also do the environment a favor, creating a reef for fish and coral to grow in and around
why they sink a ship there is lot of iron that can be recycled and used for another ship or for some bridge etc,...
I did ask this question when I saw the video. Because the people's are stupid...rather pollute the ocean with the wreck.
POKOLFAJZAT ***** *****
The _Big O'_ had largely been stripped of any toxic materials such as asbestos, lead, fuels, oils, and so on. So other than the ship collapsing on itself in ~400+ years and crushing the fish birthing grounds made inside of her, it's a very safe environment for the marine life.
Secondly, after said stripping was finished, the overall worth of scrapping her would not be as economical as creating an artificial reef.
***** What?
***** I just don't know what you mean by "GREAT WHITE IN THAT TUMBLER".
***** I was referring more to the "IN THAT TUMBLER" part.
decommissioning a ship by sinking it? this is tragic! stupid people should go to jail for this.
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It was done to create an artificial reef. To help life flourish at the bottom of the ocean, a place we have destroyed.
The ship was decommissioned thirty years before this. Scrapping it wasn't a viable option, the cost would have exceeded the scrap value. It was too old and decrepit to be restored for some other use.
The cost would have exceeded the scrap value. Cheaper just to make new steel of better quality. And every pollutant, toxin or contaminant on board was removed prior to scuttling, the whole process took almost a year. What remained was little more than bare steel. Your turn to "eat poop".