Hi All:
This is an underwater video of whats left of an American submarine about 40 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Launched in 1935, the USS Tarpon (SS-175) is one of the last surviving examples of a WWII era Porpoise class diesel-electric boat considered the scourge of the Japanese Navy during the 1940s. In 1942 and 1943, the USS Tarpon sank both Japanese and German Navy ships while serving in the Pacific, earning 7 battle stars. Not wanting to end up in the scrap yard, she made her last dive off Cape Hatteras in 1957 after escaping from a tugs tow line. Coming to rest on the 140 FT sandy bottom only a few miles from the German submarines U-85, U-701 and U-352, she now remains on eternal patrol, guarding the clear blue waters of the North Carolina coast, a much more fitting end for such a historic vessel.
ENJOY!
[vimeo]5419405[/vimeo]
This is an underwater video of whats left of an American submarine about 40 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Launched in 1935, the USS Tarpon (SS-175) is one of the last surviving examples of a WWII era Porpoise class diesel-electric boat considered the scourge of the Japanese Navy during the 1940s. In 1942 and 1943, the USS Tarpon sank both Japanese and German Navy ships while serving in the Pacific, earning 7 battle stars. Not wanting to end up in the scrap yard, she made her last dive off Cape Hatteras in 1957 after escaping from a tugs tow line. Coming to rest on the 140 FT sandy bottom only a few miles from the German submarines U-85, U-701 and U-352, she now remains on eternal patrol, guarding the clear blue waters of the North Carolina coast, a much more fitting end for such a historic vessel.
ENJOY!
[vimeo]5419405[/vimeo]
