USS Tarpon SS-175 Underwater Video

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Drewski

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Hi All:

This is an underwater video of what’s 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 tug’s 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!

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As always your video rocks! I especially liked it when you show the wreck in relation to a picture when the boat was still "alive". Awesome work.
 
Very nice Andy, now how about that Dixie video I keep hearing about?:D
I know I'm pushy.:rofl3:
 
Drewski-GREAT video. I need to get down there and dive her. I've done the U-85 several times, but SS-175 looks to be much less encrushed in the sand than the U-85. Also the SS-175 is well south of the U-85-Correct?? I dive the U-85 out of Oregon Inlet.

I appreciate your efforts to keep the memory of these boats alive. They kept the Japs at bay while we got our act together in the Pacific in 1942. I served on the USS Rock (SS-274) and the USS Bluegill (SS-242) in the 60s. Diesel boats FOREVER!!
 
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