The book review discusses "Hard Aground: The Wreck of the USS Tennessee and the Rise of the US Navy" by Andrew C. A. Jampoler. The book explores the story of the USS Tennessee and its permanent stranding in 1916, as well as the reconstruction of the US Na...
The atmosphere is pleasantly relaxed yet laden with tickling expectations of what the baskets may bring up next time. Many of the men around me are a weatherbeaten veteran of the offshore or salvage industry. Sturdy, with grey hair and furrowed faces they radiate all the experience and hard ...
Sea of Troubles: The Lost Ships of Point JoAnn Semones, in her third book on California shipwrecks (following Shipwrecks, Scalawags and Scavengers: The Storied Waters of Pigeon Point, and Hard Luck Coast: The Perilous Reefs of Point Mon-tara, also published by The Glen... J Galluzzo - 《...
Almost 70 years in the nutrient rich waters of Micronesia have made these ships stunning and colorful marine habitats. Hard and soft corals cover the outsides of the ships and large school of tuna, barracuda and sharks swim by. The ships are also the grave sites of those who made the ...
Other wrecks have long since become part of the natural environment. In tropical waters, it’s not unusual at all to see wrecks on which every bit of surface has become covered with hard and soft corals and colorful sponges. Regardless of where they’ve gone down, virtually all shipwrecks ...
she saw the world. From stories of the crew, there was great comradery and both rewarding and challenging voyages. All in all, the ex-crew are fond of her and say "to know her was to love her, and God bless the USS Kittiwake and those who served aboard her"....
Gary Gentile: Work hard. Work hard to gain the experience necessary to do what you want to do. Everyone can enjoy these experiences if they’re willing to put in the time. Just gain the expertise to do them safely. aquaCORPS: From a practical point of view, how should people go about...
Worthy of a look is the accordion-shaped bow, caused by the impact during sinking with hard unforgiving bedrock. Another point of interest is the six huge rear gun barrels, often filled with tiny juvenile rockfish. Earl Lowe, owner of Abyssal Dive Charters reports, “Well, we usually see ...
The wreck at this site was 24m long, six meters wide and lay at a 60-degree angle on the relatively hard lake floor, below a 10m wall at around 80m depth. Everything was covered with silt and lake marl. This wreck was remarkable, since it was by far the best-preserved wreck that ...