Admiral Sampson

[Romer Treece]

Today is the 95th anniversary of her sinking, so tip one back for her!

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http://dcsfilms.com/Site_4/DCS_Website_25.html

I was contacted by the man who found the wreck, and I'm trying to get a report from him.

[BDub]

...and I'm trying to get a report from him.

Maybe you should consider spending your time writing your own report for the GOVERNOR!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Romer Treece]

ohhhhh, ouch.

[rjw]

Today is the 95th anniversary of her sinking, so tip one back for her!

I will. Right after our next dive on her

[Romer Treece]

FOTTF

[Romer Treece]

Here's a couple pics of artifacts from Gary Severson, the first visitors to the wreck.

[BDub]

Here's a couple pics of artifacts from Gary Severson, the first visitors to the wreck.

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Holy crap!

[ljjames]

he and kent used ROV and newt suit if memory serves me...

[rjw]

Good stuff Dan.

[Romer Treece]

he and kent used ROV and newt suit if memory serves me...

Yup.

"...In December of the same year, Bernard and Severson returned with the St.Jude, a 110 ft dive platform and one Newtsuit. The Newtsuit is a one atmosphere armored diving suit that looks like a suit of armor on steroids. Along with rescuing a lost ROV, Fuoco, the man in the suit, was supposed to survey the wreck site. Getting tangled himself, he had to be rescued by another open circuit diver by the name of Curt Newman. Once that task was accomplished Newman got to do a bit of survey himself. The site overwhelmed him.

In June of 1992, Bernard hired Delta Oceanographic of LA. The owned a 17 ft, two man submersible which could easily handle the 3 knot currents which swept the wreck. They noticed the stern section was about 30 ft aft of the collision point, broke completely apart when she sank and hit stern first. The stern was laying on its starboard side. The submersible’s arm was able to collect various artifacts including an 80-pound bronze steam whistle and pulley..."

(From Article, The Admiral’s Diamonds By Eric Morris-DCS Films)

[bigsky]

Maybe you should consider spending your time writing your own report for the GOVERNOR!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... htm?csp=34

http://onlineathens.com/stories/082709/ ... 2593.shtml

http://savannahnow.com/node/773377

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/08/chu ... _star.html

are these ok?

[CaptnJack]

are these ok?

Jeesh EVERYONE's done that Governor

[Pez7378]

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Jeesh EVERYONE's done that Governor