Here she comes....Vandenberg!!!

[Texas Torpedo]

I"m showing the www.sinkthevandenberg.com account as suspended. I guess they were using a cheap shared host with no ability to scale-up...

 

[Divin'Papaw]

That was fun to watch!

 

[ONESPEED]

When are the divers hitting it to see if it's settled even keel?

I'm guessing right about now, lucky bastards.

 

[evensplit]

Looked like she went down as planned. Pat on the back for the organizers and those involved with the sinkex! Congrats to Key West and the operators down there!

 

[ReefHound]

If I recall correctly on the Oriskany, they sent down a sidescan sonar a few hours later but actual divers went down first thing next morning. I don't know if that was to let things settle or due to surface conditions or low daylight or what.

 

[evensplit]

I"m showing the www.sinkthevandenberg.com account as suspended. I guess they were using a cheap shared host with no ability to scale-up...

When the Oriskany went down in 2006 MBT Divers website had over 5 million hits in 24 hours.

 

[ReefHound]

When the Oriskany went down in 2006 MBT Divers website had over 5 million hits in 24 hours.

You were there an d will remember best, what was the post sink schedule as far as diver inspections and public access?

 

[tiggrr]

Crud. I missed it.

Guess I'll have to wait for it to be uploaded to youtube.

If there is a link to the video, please post. Thanx.

 

[evensplit]

If I recall correctly on the Oriskany, they sent down a sidescan sonar a few hours later but actual divers went down first thing next morning. I don't know if that was to let things settle or due to surface conditions or low daylight or what.

The first dives on Oriskany were conducted about 5pm on the sink day by the crew that was on standby to pick up any debris that came up. We dove her the next morning to recover the cameras that were on board. Oriskany opened to the public 48 hours after sinking.

 

[mike_s]

well at least they didn't flip her like the idiot who sunk the Grove!