The island structure was rebuilt, the anti-aircraft turrets were removed, and blisters were added to the hull. Stronger elevators, more powerful hydraulic catapults, and new arresting gear were installed. To handle the new generation of carrier aircraft, the flight deck structure was massively reinforced.
Oriskany was redesigned as the prototype for the SCB-27 modernization program beginning on 8 August 1947, and torn down to 60% complete. Construction was suspended on 22 August 1946, when the ship was approximately 85% complete. CV-34 was laid down on by the New York Naval Shipyard (NYNSY), launched on 13 October 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. The name "Oriskany" was originally assigned to CV-18, but that hull was renamed Wasp when the keel was laid in 1942. Launching of Oriskany at New York Naval Shipyard on 13 October 1945 As of 2008, Oriskany is the largest vessel ever sunk to make a reef. After much environmental review and remediation to remove toxic substances, she was carefully sunk in May 2006, settling in an upright position at a depth accessible to recreational divers. In 2004, it was decided to sink her as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. Decommissioned in 1976, she was sold for scrap in 1995, but was repossessed in 1997 because nothing was being done. Oriskany 's post-service history also differs considerably from that of her sister ships. In 1966, one of the worst shipboard fires since World War II broke out on Oriskany when a magnesium flare was accidentally ignited forty-four men died in the fire. She operated primarily in the Pacific into the 1970s, earning two battle stars for service in the Korean War, and ten for service in the Vietnam War. Oriskany was the final Essex-class ship completed. She eventually was commissioned in 1950 after conversion to an updated design called SCB-27 ("27-Charlie"), which became the template for modernization of 14 other Essex-class ships. Originally designed as a "long-hulled" Essex-class ship (considered by some authorities to be a separate class, the Ticonderoga class) her construction was suspended in 1946. The history of Oriskany differs considerably from that of her sister ships. The ship was named for the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed Mighty O, and occasionally referred to as the O-boat – was one of the few Essex-class aircraft carriers completed after World War II for the United States Navy.
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