Logbook Scuba Dive # 415 - USS Saratoga (CV-3)

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Date:	Entry Time:	Dive Time:	Max. Depth:
Wed, 09-Oct-2013	08:41:00	87 minutes	50 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:
-	08:41:00	10:08:00	-
Altitude:	Rep. Dive:	Surface Interval:
0 m	No	22:46
Max. Depth:			Avg. Depth:
50 metres			21.36 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

For our Wednesday afternoon dive, it was back to explore the USS Saratoga (CV-3) aircraft carrier. This time, we descended to the stern of the USS Saratoga's flight deck and then down to her propellers and rudder. We then made our way down the port side of the Saratoga and followed an anchor chain out to the wreck of a Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber, an aircraft built by General Motors. This plane sits upright on the Bikini Lagoon bottom, facing toward the Saratoga, approximately 30 to 45 metres (100-150 feet) from the port side aft quad Bofor mount. The engine is broken off in front of the aeroplane, and one of the props is sticking up out of the sand. We then made our way back to the stern of the USS Saratoga and explored the port side, checking out the various anti-aircraft gun emplacements, as we made our way to the bow. We made our controlled ascent to the deco bar, which was hanging below MV Windward. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger


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 en route to Bikini Atoll with aircraft on het flight deck Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft plan top view Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft plan side view Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber aircraft plan front view One of the USS Saratoga's propellers - Photo: Bill Jakab GoPro Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber off the port stern of the Saratoga - Photo: Lloyd Borrett GoPro Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber cockpit - Photo: Bill Jakab GoPro Grumman TBM-3E Avenger torpedo bomber engine and propeller - Photo: Bill Jakab GoPro Lloyd Borrett at the stern of the USS Saratoga aircraft carrier - Photo: Bill Jakab GoPro Lloyd Borrett checking out a USS Saratoga anti-aircraft gun emplacement - Photo: Bill Jakab GoPro

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