California Diver
Contributor
- Messages
- 508
- Reaction score
- 27
- # of dives
- 2500 - 4999
well, me, kelly, nate and kimber decided to go dive the f-4 today. thanks to some good numbers we dropped anchor 5 ft from the wreck. 
the mission of this dive was to determine exactly what we were diving. we were looking for a serial number to positively identify it but couldnt find one... yet. as we descended down the line i was pretty happy to see the vis was nice.(i could see kelly at about 120 and i was at 40 or 50.) from the looks of things it appears it hit the water hard. the pilots definately ejected, it looks like a bomb went off in the cockpit, plus theres no seats or canopy. the wrecks pretty mangled, but definately could tell it was a plane. the tail is gone but most everything else remains. i located some controls in the cockpit area, i hope to go back and get some better pictures of this area. it was pretty chilly at depth about 49 degrees, but my "thicksulate" made things pretty comfy. i poked around the wreck trying to find a freaking serial number or stickers on the plane. none 
but after reviewing a pictures i can see a wire in the backround with numbers on it, something to remember for next time. over all its a cool dive and the vis was nice. i was thankful it only took 20 minutes to get to our destination in the zodiac. i cant wait to return.
the mission of this dive was to determine exactly what we were diving. we were looking for a serial number to positively identify it but couldnt find one... yet. as we descended down the line i was pretty happy to see the vis was nice.(i could see kelly at about 120 and i was at 40 or 50.) from the looks of things it appears it hit the water hard. the pilots definately ejected, it looks like a bomb went off in the cockpit, plus theres no seats or canopy. the wrecks pretty mangled, but definately could tell it was a plane. the tail is gone but most everything else remains. i located some controls in the cockpit area, i hope to go back and get some better pictures of this area. it was pretty chilly at depth about 49 degrees, but my "thicksulate" made things pretty comfy. i poked around the wreck trying to find a freaking serial number or stickers on the plane. none but after reviewing a pictures i can see a wire in the backround with numbers on it, something to remember for next time. over all its a cool dive and the vis was nice. i was thankful it only took 20 minutes to get to our destination in the zodiac. i cant wait to return.
