USS Burns – Wrecked in my rEvo

USS Burns DD-588 (San Clemente Island — 270 fsw)

December 6, 2021by Brett Eldridge1 Comment

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 [...]

SoCal Dive, Wreck

Runnin’ Down a Dream : USS Vammen (340 fsw) & USS Burns (260 fsw)

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021by Brett Eldridge6 Comments

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 [...]