I can dive to 6000ft...

[Kirin]

BP (oil) discoverd a german submarine (U-166) in the gulf of mexico.

Links:

http://www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/archaeological/world_war_II.html

http://www.headlines.com.au/worldnews/2001/june/001.html

WOW, stuff liek this always gives me chills. Imagine being in a tin can, slowly decending into death and realizing your bodies will never be recovered for a proper burial?

 

[WarEagle]

There's always that chance that 140 years later, your bodies will be recovered for a proper burial. Of course, the H.L. Hunley was only in *tens* of feet of water, not *thousands*... http://www.scv27.org/CampNews/Photos/HunleyFuneral/tabid/64/Default.aspx

 

[Mad-dog]

Christian,

A very interesting post, we also have some ROV's working in the Asia area and i have great interest in WW2 battleships.
Im currently planning a major tow fish survey for ships still missing from WW2 in the Philippines early next year including moving our 5000 meter work class ROV into the area, maybe we can share some of the results with yourselves,

Best regards Lloyd Todd (AKA Mad-dog)

 

[RMDiver]

Theres a Japanese destroyer or light cruiser on ?Neoch atoll 10 km south of truk lagoon that hit the barrier reef, go stranded, bombed and then slide off down the wall. As far as I can tell it has yet to be found (prob >100 metres depth).

The battle of leyte gulf in the southern Philippines was the largest navel battle of all time. Japanese and American forces lost 7 aircraft and escort carriers, 3 battleships, 8 cruisers and 15 destroyers. Plenty of targets to search for over a very large area. However exact locations are probably not known so bring your sonar, magnetometer and plan to spend a lot of time doing grids. From what I understand most of these lie outside diveable depths while some may be at the limit of tech diving but are in areas of strong current.

There’s numerous other WW2 wreaks around Asia that haven’t been found. A bit of research should turn up many more targets.


Cheers,
Rohan.

I bet those old timey, pre-LORAN sailors have a dang good idea where they went down. These were guys who could really navigate.