New Tech Dive at Lake Mead

[diversteve]

Shamelessly copied from Underwater Treasures post here. Just wanted to repost it for the benefit of our Arizona divers.

NPS SRCU team found a PBY this last December that went down in Lake Mead decades ago. The wreck is in about 185' of water and is in two pieces. Coordinates were made available at a meeting tonight.

Two bodies have never been recovered or found from this wreck. NPS has opened this site up for technical divers

Sweet...but too deep for me.

 

[AzAtty]

Is there an estimate of the age on the wreck? It would be interesting if it was a chaser sent after the bomber that went down in Mead in the 50's (was it?).

Very cool that it's open for diving, unlike the bomber.

 

[Dive-aholic]

Thanks for the info, Steve. However, I think the water temp would be more of a concern for you..... It is a lake afterall.....

 

[diversteve]

Thanks for the info, Steve. However, I think the water temp would be more of a concern for you..... It is a lake afterall.....

Well there's that also...and the dark...and the silt...and I'm not a wreck diver...I have been in a lake once - but just snorkeling...

 

[Chuck Norris]

does anybody know where the PBY is at? I was just out at the lake and the Bomber is well marked nut no sign of the PBY. Is it near the bomber?