CAPTAIN SINBAD
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I love diving NC but a lot of wrecks are rubble fields. I am wondering if there are any wrecks in NC waters intact enough for penetration? Has anyone gone inside the Atlas Tanker? Other suggestions welcome.
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If you ever make it to California I would suggest the HMCS Yukon. It is a beautiful day.Yup! I understand that a lot of them are torpedoed ships so we can not expect them to be in intact shape. I was hoping some may be in better shape than others.
I like wrecks as opposed to artificial reefs. I love diving Spiegel Grove but it was stripped of almost everything before it went down. USS San Diego on the other hand had a totally different feel to it. You could see ammo and gun shells and you could tell that this wreck has a story to tell. The deeper you penetrate the more that story would reveal itself.
Another wreck worthy of going into would be Marine electric. Neither of the two are in NC tho
It's also a very stressful penetration dive...depth, silt, orientation
It started off as that but a storm came in and sunk her during the night. I know you said you didn't want an artificial reef type of dive but the Yukon is a beautiful dive. Guns are in place and it does have access points cut into her hull.Isnt Yukon a purposely sunk vessel?