Technical Scuba Diving
Introduction On Thursday, April 18 1943, during Operation Vengeance, United States P-38 aircraft launched from the Solomon Islands shot down the aircraft carrying the Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Yamamoto was the architect of the Japan war strategy and was absolutely critical to their heretofore success in [...]
Intro The USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) is definitely the highlight dive for most technical wreck divers visiting Iron Bottom Sound and I was fortunate to get 3 dives on her. I could literally spend a week diving that one wreck and not get bored. The crew of the Aaron Ward used to sing "On Our [...]
Background The HMNZS Moa (T233) was a Royal New Zealand Navy "Bird-class" minesweeper (there were only three and they were named after New Zealand native birds - the Kiwi, Moa, and Tui). She was laid down in March 1940, launched on 15 May 1941, and commissioned on 12 August 1941. She was 168 feet long [...]
Intro I knew it would take about an hour to get the photos I needed for a photogrammetry model of the Mavis, but most wreck divers don't want to spend an hour on an airplane. I was fortunate to be diving with Aron / Dirty Dozen and we had an afternoon with nothing specific scheduled [...]
Intro Many people might think "ah, what is the big deal, it is just an oiler" and they might be partially right. Oilers aren't exactly sexy like a destroyer, battleship or an aircraft carrier. However...that also under-values the complexity of naval warfare in far away locales. Before I get into the details of this specific [...]
Background Diving the deeper wrecks in "Iron Bottom Sound" has been at the top of my list for a very long time. The biggest barrier is that the resources nowadays for conducting deep technical dives in that area are very limited. Neil Yates is the local expert on the wrecks and he used to run [...]
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