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USS Aaron Ward (Solomon Islands — 225 fsw)
Intro The USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) is definitely the highlight dive for most technical wreck divers visiting Iron Bottom Sound and I was fortunate to get 3 dives on her. I could literally spend a week diving that one wreck and not get bored. The crew of the Aaron Ward used to sing “On Our…
HMNZS Moa (Solomon Islands — 150 fsw)
Background The HMNZS Moa (T233) was a Royal New Zealand Navy “Bird-class” minesweeper (there were only three and they were named after New Zealand native birds – the Kiwi, Moa, and Tui). She was laid down in March 1940, launched on 15 May 1941, and commissioned on 12 August 1941. She was 168 feet long…
Kawanishi H6K “Mavis” Seaplane (Solomon Islands — 100 fsw)
Intro I knew it would take about an hour to get the photos I needed for a photogrammetry model of the Mavis, but most wreck divers don’t want to spend an hour on an airplane. I was fortunate to be diving with Aron / Dirty Dozen and we had an afternoon with nothing specific scheduled…
Sinking of the Ruby E (San Diego, California)
I recently got an email from local San Diego diver Todd Baldi asking if I wanted some old slides he had that were taken from the sinking of the Ruby E back in 1989 — 35 years ago! Well, of course I did! Todd was nice enough to send me the slides and I happened…
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