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Wreck Dive USS Oriskany (CV-34), Pensacola, Florida
USS Oriskany (CV/CVA-34) – nicknamed Mighty O, The O-boat, and Toasted O was deliberately sunk off the Florida coast near Pensacola in 2004, and now functions as the world’s largest artificial reef. She was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The Times of London named the Oriska... -
Wreck Dive USS Schurz (SMS Geier), Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
SMS Geier ("His Majesty's ShipVulture") was an unprotected cruiser of theBussardclass built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). She was laid down in 1893 at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven, launched in October 1894, and commissioned into the fleet a year later in October 1895. Designed for service in Germany's overseas colonies, the ship required... -
Wreck Dive USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32), Key Largo, Florida
USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was a Thomaston-class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She was named for Spiegel Grove, the home and estate in Fremont, Ohio, of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States. Spiegel Grove was decommissioned 2 October 1989 and her name struck from the Navy list on 13 December 1989. The vessel was transferred to th... -
Wreck Dive USS Tarpon (SS-175), Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
USS Tarpon (SS-175), second ship of this name, was laid down on 22 December 1933 at Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Corporation; launched on 4 September 1935; sponsored by Miss Eleanore Katherine Roosevelt, daughter of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt; and commissioned on 12 March 1936, Lt. Leo L. Pace (Class of 1921) in command. Tarponoper... -
Wreck Dive USS Tucker (DD-374), Malo, Vanuatu
USS Tucker (DD-374) was one of 18Mahan-class destroyers built for the United States Navy and was commissioned in 1936.Tucker's main battery consisted of five dual-purpose 38 caliber 5-inch (127 mm) guns. First assigned to the United States Battle Fleet in San Diego, California,Tuckeroperated along the West Coast and in the Hawaiian Islands. After participating in nava... -
Wreck Dive USS YO-257, Oahu, Hawaii
USS YO-257 was a Yard Oiler of the United States Navy that was scuttled two miles off Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1989. Built in the 1940s,YO-257saw action in World War II, the Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. From 16 September to 12 November 1963 the ship was temporarily loaned to the Coast Guard to assist in the construction of a LORAN radio navigation station i... -
Wreck Dive Van Valkenburg, Lake Huron, Michigan
Lucinda Van Valkenburg was built in 1862 and lost on Lake Huron 25 years later. Bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a load of coal, Lucinda Van Valkenburg was struck by the iron propeller steamer Lehigh about two miles northeast of Thunder Bay Island. The crew was picked up by Lehigh and taken to Port Huron, Michigan. The sunken schooner Lucinda Van Valkenburg presented... -
Dive Vought F4U Corsair, Maunalua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
Vought F4U Corsair is located off Maunalua Bay on Oahu’s southeast shore at a depth of 113 feet. Engine failure forced the plane’s pilot to make an emergency water landing in 1948. The fighter aircraft that saw action in World War II and the Korean War. -
Wreck Dive W.G. Mason, Lake Huron, Michigan
Three well-preserved shipwrecks that tell the story of Rogers City’s limestone industry rest just offshore of the calcite quarry loading docks in clear, shallow water. All three have mooring buoys maintained by Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and divers, paddlers and snorkelers can easily access them. The Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company (MLCC) pu... -
Wreck Dive Witconcrete & The Oasis, Blackbird Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Belize
The 375-foot Witconcrete was a once-operational sugar transportation ship located off Belize. It's located at the Oasis dive site, 0.75 miles northeast from Blackbird Caye Resort. It lies in 60 ft and has 35 years of coral growth on the keel of the ship. Built between 1942 and 1944, it was a floating transfer station to transport supplies around the Gulf Coast and Ea... -
Dive Wreck Alley off San Diego, California
Wreck Alley is an area a few miles off the coast of Mission Beach, San Diego, California with several ships intentionally sunk as artificial reefs and as SCUBA diving attractions for wreck divers. Six of these were intentionally sunk. Ruby E. – Coast Guard cutter El Rey – kelp harvester Yukon – a Canadian navy ship Shooter's Fantasy Barge #1 ... -
Dive WWII Maritime Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
The Maritime Heritage Trail – Battle of Saipan is located within the protected waters of Saipan lagoon in the Northern Marianas archipelago. The majority of the dive sites including two Japanese shipwrecks, two Japanese aircraft, two US aircraft, a US landing vehicle and two Japanese landing craft can be found in the clear waters between Garapan, Tanapag Harbor,... -
Wreck Dive Yamagiri Maru, Chuuk Lagoon, Micronesia
The Yamagiri Maru was a 133 metre-long passenger/cargo ship. She was hit by a torpedo and sank, coming to rest on her port side at a depth of ~34 metres. One of the holds is packed with 18 inch shells that were being carried for the Yamato and Mushashi battleships. Map location is only an approximate location of the wreck. -
Dive Yolanda Wreck, Ras Muhammad, Egypt
Jolanda(also calledYolanda) was a Cypriot cargo ship built in 1964 in Gijón, Spain by SA Juliana Constructora. She was grounded on a reef at Ras Muhammad on 1 April 1980. From 1981 to 1985, the wreck was a popular dive site, but it was lost when it fell off the reef during a storm in 1985. The wreck remained lost for 20 years until it was rediscovered by Leigh ...
