1950 to 1976
CV-34 USS Oriskany
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| 1942-aug-07 | Ordered | Ordered | | | 1944-may-01 | Laid down | Laid down | | | 1945-oct-13 | Launched | Launched Construction suspended 22 Aug 1946 | | | 1950-sep-29 | Commissioned | Commissioned to an improved SCB-27 design | | | 1952-sep-15 | Deployment | Deployment departed San Diego for Korean waters andFast Carrier Task Force 77. Returned May 1953. | | | 1963-aug-31 | Port Visit | Port Visit  Subic Bay Harbour visited Subic Bay en route to Japanese waters. | | | 1965-apr-05 | Deployment | Deployment departed San Diego with CVW-16 embarked and escorted by USS King, headed for Vietnam. Returned in Dec 1965. | | | 1966-oct-26 | Deployment | Deployment serious fire on board, Gulf of Tonkin. HC-1 Det G embarked. | | | 1971-may-14 | Deployment | Deployment Deployed to W Pacific and off Vietnam until Dec 1971, HS-6 embarked. | | | 1972-jun-28 | Deployment | Deployment collision with USS Nitro during RAS, c 150nm E of Da Nang | | | 1974-aug | Refit | Refit NS Long Beach 8 month extended alongside period at Long Beach Naval Shipyard | | | 1976-sep-30 | Decommissioned | Decommissioned | | | 2006-may-17 | Fate: sunk | Fate: sunk Great Carrier Reef sunk in Gulf of Mexico, known as Great Carrier Reef. | |
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