Technical Scuba Diving
Background The Burns has been on my project list for quite some time. Along with the Hopewell, and the Vammen, it one of the trio of San Clemente Island Destroyers that are all deep but can be dived. After the morning dive on the Vammen and a 2.5 hour surface interval, Kevin Bond and I [...]
USS Vammen Background The USS Vammen is a Buckley-class Destroyer Escort that was sunk off of the "backside" of San Clemente Island. The wreck was first discovered by the UB88 team in August 2010 and the first divers on the wreck were John Walker and Kendall Raines and Scott Brooks as a safety diver. The [...]
Yeah, I'm runnin' down a dreamThat never would come to meWorkin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leadsI'm runnin' down a dreamTom Petty I've dreamed of diving the Vammen and the Burns for a very long time -- just not both on the same day! This is a story of what is probably the most [...]