Dive Site - Tulamben - USAT Liberty
| Dive Site - Tulamben - USAT Liberty | |||
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| Tulamben - USAT Liberty | Tulamben, Bali | ||
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28 m | Advanced Open Water |
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| 8° 16.483′ S 8.274722° S 8° 16′ 29″ S |
115° 35.583′ E 115.593056° E 115° 35′ 35″ E |
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| The USAT Liberty shipwreck dive site is directly situated near the beach at Tulamben on Bali's northeast coast - literally a short walk from the front door of Tulamben Wreck Divers. The USAT Liberty Glo was a steam turbine driven cargo ship, built in Kearny, New Jersey, USA in 1918. She was armed with a bow and stern gun for World War II service. It was disabled by a Japanese torpedo in the Lombok Strait on 11 January 1942. She limped towards Buleleng under tow, but only made it as far as Tulamben Bay, where the vessel was beached to keep it from sinking. In 1963, tremours produced from the erruption of Gunung Agung rolled the Liberty off the beach and finally sunk her. The ship was 120 metres (396 feet) long and grossed 6,211 tons. The USAT Liberty Glo is not a ship of the Liberty class, all of which were built later and were powered by piston engines. DIVING THE USAT LIBERTY SHUPWRECK The USAT Liberty Wreck is easy diving with a lot to see. It is easily accessible from the beach and is also an excellent snorkel site. Lying less than 40 metres offshore in generally calm waters, she is very safe to dive. The wreck is also rich in the kinds of rare marine animals that have made the Tulamben Bay area famous. The wreck is an absolute underwater wonderland of marine life - schools of trevally, bream, fusilier and anthias mill all over and around the wreck - often following you during the dive. Batfish, large sweetlips, angelfish, butterfly fish and anemone fish (with resident anemones of course) hover under ledges and in crevices. Lionfish, scorpionfish, hawkfish, bumphead parrot fish, pufferfish and coral trout are everywhere - as are the gobies, blennies, shrimps and dottyback out on the sand flats. The wreck is simply alive with life; corals, sponges and gorgonia fans are breathtaking along with the thousands of invertebrate life within them. Location GPS coordinates from Google Earth. Approximate location only. |
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