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Post by bounce on May 20, 2006 8:34:51 GMT -8
Interesting...
No, I didn't get there until Dec, 85 and I left in late August of 86.
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Post by Sailor on May 20, 2006 13:05:02 GMT -8
Sailor, since the typical "recreational diver" max-depth is say, maybe 120 feet or so... And since it went down in, what, a little over 200 feet or so or water. If the carrier settled on its side, would any part of it be reachable by some numb-nuts newby diver? How wide is that thing? You know damn good and well that the allure of diving that site is going to be overwhelming to a lot of people. As far as I know here's the layout, the bottom is at about 220 feet, the ship should be more or less upright with the top of the island about 60 feet down. I don't remember everything but I think they said the flight deck should be at about 110 to 120 feet. The deck of the hanger will be about another 30 feet or so deeper. IF the ship were laid on her beam on the bottom the upper edge of the flight deck SHOULD be less than 100 feet down. Her maximum beam is 136 feet but the flight deck is not symetrical. The widest point is at the outer edge of the angle. No matter how she lays on the bottom any part of her should be reachable by a newby numbnuts diver, even the lowest part of the hull. Would he survive it? You guys who are divers will have to tell me but somehow I doubt it if he's that stupid. |
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Post by bounce on May 20, 2006 13:35:55 GMT -8
220 feet is too damn deep. To say NOTHING of having no bottom time.
I dunno man....
I know they had to sink it deep enough to keep it from being a hazard to navigagion.
But, if some idiot decides he has to go see the bottom, good luck to him.
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Post by Sailor on May 20, 2006 15:50:57 GMT -8
220 feet is too damn deep. To say NOTHING of having no bottom time. I dunno man.... I was being sarcastic. ANYONE not a highly experienced diver, maybe on heliox or some other gas mix shouldn't be diving to the bottom here anyway. Where they put her down is nowhere near any shipping lanes or channels and is well charted. He'll need more than luck. |
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Post by bounce on May 20, 2006 15:54:50 GMT -8
LOL
OK, I gottcha.
Well, just think, when the polar caps melt, it will be in 400 feet of water!
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Post by MrDoublel on May 20, 2006 20:45:37 GMT -8
Give it a couple years and the fishing will be good there!
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Post by tankcommander on May 21, 2006 6:20:26 GMT -8
Give it a couple years and the fishing will be good there! Probably catch some big, well-fed sharks! ;D |
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Post by bounce on May 21, 2006 10:46:24 GMT -8
Give it a couple years and the fishing will be good there! Probably catch some big, well-fed sharks! ;D Hilarious. |
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Post by tits on May 21, 2006 13:25:36 GMT -8
taken from the deck of the Ork of the Big E while on Yankee station. A friend from high school was an OS on the Ork at the time. I would have given a $1000 to have been able to send the afternoon viewing the sight.
I agree with the confusion, but McCain's squadron was flying off the Oriskany and went TDY to the Forestall after the hanger deck fire.
I once had the privilege to attend an ASTM conference on passive fire suppression at NRL where Mr. McCain gave a lecture (narration of the "Trial by Fire" training film). I can still recall him naming a few of the key personnel in the first person, as they appeared and then disappeared in a flash. He gave that sideways chuckle when he spoke of "going from the smoke of the Oriskany to the "bombing" of the Forestall to "being the guest of North Vietnamese."
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