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SINKING OF THE USS ORISKANY
"Mighty O" went down in 212 feet of water, about 24 miles off Pensacola Beach
on the 17th May 2006 in position    30.02.50N      87.00.50W
Dimensions: 32,000 ton - 888 feet in length - 157 feet beam
Estimated cost of sinking this Ticonderoga Class Aircraft Carrier is $19.2 million dollars
(About £10 million UK pounds)

 USS ORISKANY being towed into position about 24 miles off Pensacola Beach

 26 charges detonated on the carrier. The small boat seen on the carrier
deck housed a generator and electronics to set off the explosives. As
The vessel sinks it is designed to float off! And it worked.

 She went down in 37 minutes - that's what I call a wreck!
 

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