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USS ''Oriskany'' (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed ''Mighty O'',〔(USS ''Oriskany'' (CVA 34) WestPac Cruise Book 1970, 5 Dec 1970 )〕 and occasionally referred to as ''the O-boat'' – was one of the few s completed only after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany. The history of ''Oriskany'' differs considerably from that of her sister ships. Originally designed as a "long-hulled" ship (considered by some authorities to be a separate class, the ) her construction was suspended in 1947. She eventually was commissioned in 1950 after conversion to an updated design called SCB-27 ("27-Charlie"), which became the template for modernization of 14 other ships. ''Oriskany'' was the final ''Essex''-class ship completed. She operated primarily in the Pacific into the 1970s, earning two battle stars for service in the Korean War, and five for service in the Vietnam War. In 1966 one of the worst shipboard fires since World War II broke out on ''Oriskany'' when a magnesium flare was accidentally ignited; forty-four men died in the fire. ''Oriskany''s post-service history also differs considerably from that of her sister ships. Decommissioned in 1976, she was sold for scrap in 1995, but was repossessed in 1997 because nothing was being done (lack of progress). In 2004 it was decided to sink her as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. After much environmental review and remediation to remove toxic substances, she was carefully sunk in May 2006, settling in an upright position at a depth accessible to recreational divers. As of 2008, ''Oriskany'' is "the largest vessel ever sunk to make a reef". ''Oriskany'' has been featured in films such as ''Men of the Fighting Lady'' and ''The Bridges at Toko-Ri'' from 1954 and ''What Dreams May Come'' (1998). ==Construction and commissioning== The name "Oriskany" was originally assigned to , but that hull was renamed when the keel was laid in 1942. ''CV-34'' was laid down on 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), launched on 13 October 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. Clarence Cannon. Construction was suspended on 12 August 1947, when the ship was approximately 85% complete. ''Oriskany'' was redesigned as the prototype for the SCB-27 modernization program. To handle the new generation of carrier aircraft, the flight deck structure was massively reinforced. Stronger elevators, more powerful hydraulic catapults, and new arresting gear were installed. The island structure was rebuilt, the anti-aircraft turrets were removed, and blisters were added to the hull. Blistering the hull (also known as adding bulges) increases the cross-sectional area of a ship's hull, thereby increasing its buoyancy and stability. It also provides increased bunker volume. In the case of ''Oriskany'', this would have been for aviation fuel. These features would have been crucial to a ship that had so much topside weight added after its original design. ''Oriskany'' was commissioned in the New York Naval Shipyard on 25 September 1950, Captain Percy H. Lyon in command. The USS Oriskany was used as reference to Rivet city in the Bethesda Game Fallout 3 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Oriskany (CV-34)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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