Technical Scuba Diving
Introduction This is my fifth post on efforts to document and display the interiors of shipwrecks. The previous posts included: Part I - Ruby E Cutaway Photogrammetry Models Part II - HMCS Yukon Engine Room Photogrammetry Part III - HMCS Yukon Stern Corridor Photogrammetry Part IV - Insta 360 Video Inside the HMCS Yukon This [...]
Intro This will be my fourth Top 10 Dive list since I started the tradition in 2020. I honestly thought I would never top 2022 which included wreck diving trips to Croatia & Malta and discovering numerous new wrecks here in Southern California. Happily, I was wrong. 🙂 I'll say it again this year: I [...]
Background I had been doing a lot of photogrammetry work on the Saratoga and had one idea that was a "well, if it happens" project. Namely, it would be interesting to build a photogrammetry model of the island (or tower) structure on the wreck. In the photo below, the 5" guns are on the far [...]
Photogrammetry models of six aircraft wrecks around the USS Saratoga at Bikini Atoll: TBM Avengers, Helldivers and a Kingfisher floatplane that wasn’t aboard when she sank. Includes the research, done with Brad Sheard, to identify each plane and match it to the aircraft on deck before the Baker test.
This will be a short, but very useful post for anybody who is planning to dive the interior of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) in Bikini Atoll. I was recently on a dive trip to Bikini Atoll with The Dirty Dozen Expedition group and spent a lot of time working on three different photogrammetry projects. The [...]
Intro This trip has been a long time coming. A really long time. A brief history of my journey to dive the historic wrecks in Bikini Atoll: Approx 2014/2015 : Read about the wrecks in Bikini Atoll and commit to myself to dive them Jan 2017 - Booked a trip to Bikini for Jul 2018 [...]
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