Diving on LSD 32, USS Spiegel Grove

[Saablook]

Hello,
I am a former Marine who served on The Speigal Grove. I was PADI certified in Okinawa, Japan, and have not dived since. (Still have the card). I would love to dive on this wreck.
Has anyone out there have any suggestions on what charter service or dive center to patronize?
Anyone out there dived on my former home, and can give insights?
Thanks,
Kent

 

[raxafarian]

You'll need an AOW card with most/all? charters. Plus it sounds like it's been years since you dove? You'll probably need a refresher course... then some diving experience, then the AOW.

You can probably do an AOW cert in Key Largo and dive the S.G. as part of your class.

I like www.diverscityusa.com

Others have recommended quiescence (sp?), ocean divers, and silent world. Do a search here for "Key Largo"... there's been many discussions.

 

[KeyLargoBrent]

may be acceptable in lieu of AOW certification. In either case, most operators require a refresher course (or a guide) unless you've dived within the past 12 months.

We ( www.BlueWaterDiver.net ) dive the Grove a lot. There's a pre-sinking picture of her (that's our boat in the foreground) on the main page of our website. That's the view (port side) you'll have as you descend on her. She rests in ~130' of water, just outside Dixie Shoals in Key Largo. The shallowest portions of the port rail are just 50' below the surface.

She's a beauty... an awesome dive!

 

[bge123]

Where can I get deck plans of the Spiegel Grove? Wanting to find Snoopy if I can...

 

[Chris Brown Tech]

Where can I get deck plans of the Spiegel Grove? Wanting to find Snoopy if I can...

Hi, I have plans and can burn you a copy if you have wreck penetration training. Snoopy is easy to find, but you sometimes have to waft the silt of the floor to see him if nobody has been looking for a while.

Its amazing the amount of customers we take out who served on that ship. I even have an instructor that was on it.

 

[Capt Gary]

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Good Diving,

 

[deepstops]

Just an FYI - this thread was over five years old before its resurrection

Saablock hasn't checked back in since Jan. 13th, 2003.

And while the deck plans are cool to own, you don't need them to get to Snoopy.

 

[Capt Gary]

Wow Brian....you are right. How funny, wonder if he knows that the Grove is now upright too.

Agreed on the plans, I got a set too, but don't intend to hand them out. As a matter of fact if the plans floating around are the same ones I have they are for a sister ship to the Grove. A lot of changes went on thru the years and those could have changed, causing real BIG problems if someone was to use them as a road map.

Good Diving,