CAPTAIN SINBAD
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I love diving NC but a lot of wrecks are rubble fields. I am wondering if there are any wrecks in NC waters intact enough for penetration? Has anyone gone inside the Atlas Tanker? Other suggestions welcome.
Penetration worthy wrecks???
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Papoose, Aeolus, 352(really silty), all the artificials(Indra, tugs,etc)...those are on the shallow side. There are some deeper wrecks that are more intact.
One of the reasons the NC wrecks are such rubble piles is the reason they are there to begin with...they were blown up by uboats. The other is that they are very unprotected from the constant barrage of major currents, surge etc.
Then you have the shallower inshore wrecks which were nearly all dynamited and wire drug to eliminate the navigational hazard aspects of them being there.
One of the reasons the NC wrecks are such rubble piles is the reason they are there to begin with...they were blown up by uboats. The other is that they are very unprotected from the constant barrage of major currents, surge etc.
Then you have the shallower inshore wrecks which were nearly all dynamited and wire drug to eliminate the navigational hazard aspects of them being there.
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CAPTAIN SINBAD
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Yup! I understand that a lot of them are torpedoed ships so we can not expect them to be in intact shape. I was hoping some may be in better shape than others.
I like wrecks as opposed to artificial reefs. I love diving Spiegel Grove but it was stripped of almost everything before it went down. USS San Diego on the other hand had a totally different feel to it. You could see ammo and gun shells and you could tell that this wreck has a story to tell. The deeper you penetrate the more that story would reveal itself.
Another wreck worthy of going into would be Marine electric. Neither of the two are in NC tho
I like wrecks as opposed to artificial reefs. I love diving Spiegel Grove but it was stripped of almost everything before it went down. USS San Diego on the other hand had a totally different feel to it. You could see ammo and gun shells and you could tell that this wreck has a story to tell. The deeper you penetrate the more that story would reveal itself.
Another wreck worthy of going into would be Marine electric. Neither of the two are in NC tho
Marine electric is close enough though. Just gotta find a boat willing to run there. Ocean City is the best place to launch from, but I don't think anyone operated from there this year.
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CAPTAIN SINBAD
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We may need to charter someones private boat for it. The dive charters are pretty unreliable. The wreck is so big that it would have to be multiple days of repeated diving. If we can get a group of 6, I am in.
It's also a very stressful penetration dive...depth, silt, orientation
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If you ever make it to California I would suggest the HMCS Yukon. It is a beautiful day.
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CAPTAIN SINBAD
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Isnt Yukon a purposely sunk vessel?
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CAPTAIN SINBAD
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It will need line laying and strobe dropping etc. Even with those I would not venture deep into it in the first go.
USMC CPL.
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It started off as that but a storm came in and sunk her during the night. I know you said you didn't want an artificial reef type of dive but the Yukon is a beautiful dive. Guns are in place and it does have access points cut into her hull.
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