USS Kittyhawk headed to scrapyard.

[captain queeg]

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One of the other carriers in that class was sunk to form a man made reef. They had a hard time sinking it.

[Angleae]

1. It's USS Kitty Hawk. The other ship you mentioned you seem a bit confused on.

Kitty Hawk's sister that was sunk, USS America, is at a depth of nearly 17000ft, a bit deep for a reef, and they had no problem putting her down. You might be thinking of USS Oriskany, a much older ship (Essex-class, commissioned 1950), which was sunk near Pensacola as a reef.

[Calista241]

2. The USS Oriskany was the one sunk as a reef.

They wanted it to sink and rest on the bottom as if it was upright in the ocean, which was really why they had a hard time sinking it. Blowing a hole in its keel and having the carrier roll over on its back would have been relatively easy.

Resting on its keel, with the deck, hanger and bridge quarters open to the sea would provide more surface area and nooks and crannies for wildlife to flourish.

I'm glad we're scrapping it instead of sending it to Indian scrapyards like most countries with old and retiring ships. At least it'll be done with a modicum of concern for the environment.

[hunter]

3. When I was a kid classmates would talk about older brothers who were serving in the military.

I had one friend whose brother was serving on the Enterprise, another the Kittyhawk.

You can guess which was more prestigious.

Curiously another friend of ours, who was in on those conversations, was later an officer on the Enterprise.

[Emile]

4. She will make a lot of new razor blades. My old ship USS Yosemite is a reef somewhere off Cape Hatt

[ripcord]

5. My uncle served on the USS Kitty Hawk

He was onboard for race riots during the Vietnam war.

[Shellback Squid]

6. I served on the USS Constellation, CV64, sister ship

the crew fondly referred to her as the "Shitty Kitty" our crew called our ship "The Connie"
The Connie was turned in to razor blades a few years back

The cost of cleaning the asbestos and other toxic chemicals from these old carriers is prohibitive so
they recycle them