During most trips to dive the wrecks at Bikini Atoll on Master Liveaboards, about mid-trip, the boat will conduct one dive in the morning and then plan a trip ashore to Bikini Atoll in the afternoon for a picnic and to wander around. Bikini Island was the "control center" for the nuclear tests performed after [...]
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Nagato (Bikini Atoll – 170 fsw)
USS Saratoga (CV-3) Island (Bikini Atoll)
USS Lamson (Bikini Atoll — 170 fsw)
Intro In terms of shipwrecks, Destroyers are probably my favorite types of ships to dive. I think of them as the "utility players" in a Navy. There are many different types and sizes of destroyers, but the general characteristic is that they are designed to escort and protect larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or [...]
Airplane Wrecks of the USS Saratoga (Bikini Atoll — 165 fsw)
USS Arkansas (Bikini Atoll — 170 fsw)
Intro The USS Arkansas (BB-33) is a Wyoming-class dreadnought battleship of epic proportions and history. She served in both World War I and World War II. It is cool to think of diving a battleship that served in both World Wars. She was built over 110 years ago. The term "dreadnought" refers to a type [...]
USS Carlisle (Bikini Atoll — 170 fsw)
Intro The USS Carlisle (APA-69) was a Gilliam-class attack transport vessel that served in the Pacific in World War II. She was launched on 30 July 1944 and was built in my "home town" of San Pedro, California. Attack transport vessels are designed to transport invasion forces ashore. As such, they have their own landing [...]
USS Anderson (Bikini Atoll – 170 fsw)
Intro The USS Anderson (DD-411) was a Sims-class destroyer. Destroyers come in different "flavors" but the design goals are generally to be fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warships designed to escort larger ships such as aircraft carriers, battleships, etc. There were only 12 Sims-class destroyer built with the first ship laid down in 1937 and the last [...]
USS Apogon (Bikini Atoll — 165 fsw)
Intro The Apogon (SS-308) seemed like a natural first post on the wrecks of Bikini Atoll after my initial overall Bikini Atoll Trip Report. I had recently dove and documented and built a photogrammetry model of another Balao-class submarine : the USS Moray which sunk during torpedo target practice in 1970 off San Clemente Island, [...]