USS Oriskany crewmember photo gallery

Below are galleries of photos sent to me by former Oriskany crewmembers, air squadron members or their families. I've tried to enhance the photos whenever possible and I hope you enjoy them. If you have photos of your time aboard and would like to share them, please drop me a note. I'm especially interested in photos showing routine daily shipboard life.

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PH3 Tom Tomlinson shares some of his photos from the 1953-'54 Cruise.
 
Photos by Sgt Philip Polivka USMC of VMF 212 during the 1965 Cruise.
(1944-1998)

These photos were donated by Phil's wife
Burial at Sea Ceremony of LCDR Omar R. Ford
These photos
were taken by one of the COD pilots, Deon Fuller, and sent to me by his son, Gary.
These photos were taken by Bill Stoughton during Oriskany's 1960 WestPac cruise.

These photos were taken by Julian "Andy" Moon, ETN2 of OE Div during the 1965, '66 and '67 cruises.

These are color photos donated by Ed Leach, AT2 of VF-193 of the Banshee crash during air operations conducted during the 1953/54 cruise.