May 15th, 1951 Oriskany's first cruise. This cruise takes her and the crew to the Mediterranean.
 October 26th, 1966 A ships worst enemy... fire. Some of the events shown here are from my own recollections.
 Sep 30, 1976 Oriskany decommissioned on this date.
May 6th, 2006 Oriskany is sunk on this day to create the worlds largest artificial reef to date.

 

This timeline chronicles the history of the USS Oriskany from the laying of her keel in 1944 to her sinking in 2006. To view this timeline, just drag your cursor to scroll across. You can also double click on either the years band or the months band to auto scroll left or right. Just place the cursor to the right or left of the center of the highlighted gray area then double click.

I've now added the ability to 'jump' to a specific date or event thanks to help from the developer of this software. The dates above are examples for now.

The lower band represents years and will scroll much quicker than the upper which represents the months. As each event appears, you can click on the event to view text, images or video about that event. To begin with, I am adding the basic history of Oriskany and will then start filling in more details.

This is a project just started. Please check it out as it is updated.


 

Sources Credits
Naval Historical Center
USS Oriskany Cruise Books
Ex Oriskany crewmembers
Nov 25th, 1966 issue of Life Magazine
This software is sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and is maintained by the SIMILE project, in particular: David François Huynh,