Logbook Scuba Dive # 411 - USS Saratoga (CV-3)

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Date:	Entry Time:	Dive Time:	Max. Depth:
Mon, 07-Oct-2013	14:17:00	87 minutes	42.6 metres
Dive Location:		City / Island:
USS Saratoga (CV-3)		Bikini Atoll
Country:		Dive Master:
Marshall Islands		Brian Kirk
Dive Charter:		Dive Trip:
Indies Trader Marine Adventures		Bikini Atoll - Oct 2013
Buddy/Buddies:
Michael Coleman
Dive Details:
Entry:	Boat Name:
Boat	MV Windward
Start PG:	Entry Time:	Exit Time:	End PG:
-	14:17:00	15:44:00	-
Altitude:	Rep. Dive:	Surface Interval:
0 m	Yes	04:15
Max. Depth:			Avg. Depth:
42.6 metres			18.54 m
	Dive Time:		Deco. Dive:
	87 minutes		Yes
Conditions:
Weather:	Air Temp.:	Water Temp.:
Sunny	32 °C	30 °C
Water:	Waves:	Current:
Salt	No Waves	No Current
Visibility:	Horizontal Vis.:	Vertical Vis.:
Good	-	-
Equipment:
Weight:	Dive Suit:	Dive Computer:
0 kg	Wetsuit 3 mm Steamer	Suunto HelO2

As is typical when diving at Bikini Atoll, for our Monday afternoon dive, we set up to dive the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier. We quickly descended to the bow of the USS Saratoga, placed our EAN50 cylinders for later retrieval, and headed to the forward elevator shaft as the entry for a penetration dive. After a poke around inside the Saratoga, we exited and made our way aft to the hangar. Parts of the hangar have collapsed on the planes there. Exiting the hangar, we made our way back to the bow, picked up the EAN50 cylinders, and began the ascent.


USS Saratoga aircraft carrier, circa 1942 USS Saratoga (front) during the Test Baker detonation USS Saratoga sinking in Bikini Lagoon, 25 July 1946 USS Saratoga desk drawer - Photo: Lloyd Borrett GoPro Drop tanks in the USS Saratoga hangar - Photo: Lloyd Borrett GoPro Front of an aeroplane in the USS Saratoga hanger - Photo: Lloyd Borrett GoPro A shark at home on the USS Saratoga - Photo: Lloyd Borrett GoPro

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