the Navy exploded the charges on the Oriskany at 11:20 a.m.

Eastern time.  the great ship took approximately 40 minutes to

sink, and was completely under by 12:00 p.m.

     observers say that the Oriskany sank bow up, and with a little

bit of a list.  

     the Navy will report shortly as to how she settled on the bottom.

2:00 PM Update: 

Eyewitnesses say that the ship appeard to sink on a "bow high"

attitude, and listing to starboard.  However, they say that the

ship appeared to "right herself" once the flight deck became

completely submerged.   Still no word from the Navy as to

how the ship has settled on the bottom.

Not to state the obvious, but the sinking did not go according to

plan.  The Oriskany was supposed to sink slowly in about 5 hours.

Instead, she went down quickly in less than 40 minutes.

4:00 PM Update:

No word yet as to how the Oriskany is resting on the bottom,

but some great video has been made available of her final

moments.