This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Jul. 4, 1955. It is republished unedited in its original form. (Editor’s note [1955]: SP3 Neal E. Callahan, Stars and Stripes ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Oriskany, a retired Essex-class aircraft carrier, now rests off Florida’s coast as the world’s largest artificial reef. Sunk in 2006, the “Great Carrier... Summary and ...

Retired Navy. Capt. Royce Williams' aerial derring-do during the Korean War is perhaps one of the greatest solo achievements in U.S. combat aviation history. Yet, for a half-century, it was erased ...

The Best: During World War II, the United States Navy commissioned 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers, making it the most numerous class of capital warships of the 20th century. These carriers... What ...

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Aboard the USS Oriskany off the coast of Okinawa, June 28, 1955: Crew members of the USS Oriskany examine the crushed remains of the Banshee jet that crashed into the fantail of the attack aircraft ...

In the early hours of October 26, 1966, while stationed off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, the USS Oriskany was rocked by a catastrophic fire, triggered by an accidental ignition of ...

A Billings man who served on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany during the Vietnam War might have been the last American to see Navy aviator Lt. Cdr. John McCain before McCain was ...

The ship has become a diver's destination. April 27, 2008 &#151; -- In its first life, the USS Oriskany became the first aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn on June 29, 1952. After being ...

A wounded F9F Panther roared through the cold November skies over Korea, its engine straining against heavy damage. Lieutenant Royce Williams fought to keep the aircraft steady, pushing full throttle ...