Wilkes Barre Bow Tec Wreck Scuba Dive | Key West, Florida
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The U.S.S. Wilkes Barre, CL-103, was a Cleveland class light cruiser.
Dec. 24th,1943: Built and Launched by the New York Shipbuilding Corp. Her armament consisted of twelve 6-inch guns, twelve 5-inch guns and a battery of 40 and 20-mm anti-aircraft guns.
July 1st, 1944: commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, with Captain Robert L. Porter, Jr., in command and saw quite a bit of action during World War II.
Feb. 16th, 1945: screened aircraft carriers, as their planes bombed Tokyo
Feb. 21st, 1945: called in to assist in the shore bombardment of Iwo Jima
Mar. 19th, 1945: was steaming east of Okinawa when gunners on the Wilkes Barre bagged her first enemy aircraft, a Judy dive bomber
April 1st, 1945: supported the largest American amphibious assault in history, the invasion of Okinawa
Jan. 13th, 1946, the Wilkes Barre sailed for the United States. She had received four battle stars for her World War II service and had shot down seven enemy aircraft.
Oct. 9th, 1947: Decommissioned and placed in Philadelphia
May 12th, 1972: was used as the subject for underwater explosive tests. The explosion broke the ship in two.
Her stern sank quickly, but her forward section needed an additional scuttling charge to send her to the ocean's floor.
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Both bow and stern sections remain intact in 220 feet of water where she was intentionally placed so as not to be a hazard to navigation. Her stern sits on an even keel, and her bow rests on its starboard side. Because of her deep resting spot, the Wilkes Barre can only be dove by very experienced deep divers. Her superstructure can be reached at 145 feet. This huge wreck abounds with marine life, artifacts and a fascinating history.
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Calm, clear waters surrounding the Florida Keys, a 126-mile island chain located parallel to the continental United States’ only living coral reef, offers individuals the perfect teaching grounds in which to learn new skills as a scuba diver, providing a lifetime of diving fun, adventure and memories.
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A whole day spent in Key West in Florida, United States of America.
The day in Key West started cloudy and a bit rainy, but it soon cleared up and the sun was shining like we never expected.
We visited many places in key west, some of them we skipped because in the morning the weather wasn't that good but we saw the major places in these islands.
Key West, a U.S. island city, is part of the Florida Keys archipelago. It's also Florida's southernmost point, lying roughly 90 miles north of Cuba. Famed for its pastel-hued, conch-style houses, it’s a cruise-ship stop also accessible from the mainland via the Overseas Highway. It’s known more for its coral reefs – destinations for diving and snorkeling – than for its beaches.
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Location: 22.5°N 78.8°W ± 10 nm
About 45 mi (70 km) E of Caibarién, Cuba
About 245 mi (395 km) SSE of Miami, Florida
Sustained winds: 135 kn (155 mph; 250 km/h) (1-min mean)
gusting to 165 kn (190 mph; 305 km/h)
Pressure: 930 mbar (hPa; 27.47 inHg)
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The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost portion of the continental United States. They begin at the southeastern coast of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West, the westernmost of the inhabited islands, and on to the uninhabited Dry Tortugas. The islands lie along the Florida Straits, dividing the Atlantic Ocean to the east from the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and defining one edge of Florida Bay. At the nearest point, the southern part of Key West is just 90 miles (140 km) from Cuba. The Florida Keys are between about 23.5 and 25.5 degrees North latitude.
More than 95 percent of the land area lies in Monroe County, but a small portion extends northeast into Miami-Dade County, such as Totten Key. The total land area is 137.3 square miles (356 km2). As of the 2010 census the population was 73,090 with an average density of 532.34 per square mile (205.54/km2),[1] although much of the population is concentrated in a few areas of much higher density, such as the city of Key West, which has 32% of the entire population of the Keys. The US Census population estimate for 2014 is 77,136.
The city of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County. The county consists of a section on the mainland which is almost entirely in Everglades National Park, and the Keys islands from Key Largo to the Dry Tortugas.
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Explore the underwater world of the Florida Keys with a family snorkeling adventure. A perfect place to snorkel in the Keys is off the coast of Key Largo at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first underwater park in the United States. Located at the park is Christ of the Deep, a nine-foot-tall, 4,000 pound statue that's submerged in 25 feet of water.
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This week we made a 90 Mile run from our home in Tavernier FL in Pathfinder's 23 HPS down to Key West. There is endless possibilities on the island but this time we chose to visit the local sandbar and disturb the peace on Duval.
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24 hours in Key West Florida travel VLOG. Drive the overseas highway through the seven mile bridge to Key West. Watch the sunset at Mallory Square. Eat tacos at Amigos. Have breakfast at Cuban Coffee Queen. Visit the southern most point in the United States and climb to the top of the Key West Lighthouse
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Snorkeling at Bahia Honda State Park at Looe Key Reef. Today we are going snorkeling out of Bahia Honda State Park to Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary, Looe Key Reef, in the Florida Keys is an amazing experience. You get to see sharks and Goliath groupers nearly every time and then spotted eagle rays and all sorts of other tropical fish live there. This is the oldest protected portion of the reef system in the Florida Keys and it is booming with life!
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The Florida Keys is an archipelago of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States. They begin at the SE tip of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles south of Miami, and extend in a gentle arc south-southwest and then westward to Key West.
The Vandenberg Wreck Dive Key West, FL
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg belonged to the US Navy during WWII and was later transferred to the US Air Force. She was used as a transport ship during WWII and her satellite disk was used to track missiles during the Cold War. She was decommissioned in the 80's and sunk off of Key West, FL in 2009 to become the worlds second largest artificial reef. She now sits in 120' of water about 7 miles SW off the coast of KW in the Atlantic Ocean. These are highlights of my second dive on this ship. I am a certified PADI Rescue Diver and my dive partner is a former Rescue Diver for the US Navy, both of us have 20 years experience diving. My good friend, dive partner and videographer is Charles Meier. This is an *Advanced and technical dive and NOT for beginner divers. It is however, an excellent dive!! It can be dangerous due to the deep water it sits in, and often times, very strong ocean currents. Weather and water conditions in the open ocean can also change quickly. The treacherous nature of this dive has unfortunately led to the deaths of a few divers so, I advise going with a local guide and dive shop. My partner and I dove this wreck from his boat and alone, so were the only two divers on the wreck in this video. Conditions were not the best, visibility was fair and the current was very strong on this day. The murky water does however, lend to the mystery, ambience and spookiness of this dive!!Charles has a Charter Boat in Key West if you would like to get out on the water while you are there (he does not do dive trips) please visit damntherockscharters.com
Vandenberg Wreck Dive in Key West
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My cousin Herman guest stars in this video, scuba diving the famous Vandenberg wreck site off the coast of Key West with Lost Reef Adventures.
The USS Vandenberg was a transport ship in the United States Navy during WWII. It was intentionally scuttled as an artificial reef in 2009, seven miles off the coast of Key West. The Vandenberg measures 10 stories high in the water column, the keel the deepest, at 140 feet deep.
It is at the top of the structure that most of the ship's interesting attributes are located, some purposely cut from one part of the ship and welded elsewhere to make attention-getting dive spots from bow to stern, all trimmed to reach within 40 to 50 feet of the surface.
Some of the Vandenberg locals include barracudas, arrow crabs, Goliath groupers, moray eels, and much more. Diving at artificial reefs helps ease some of the tourism stress on the delicate natural reefs of the ecosystem.
The USS Vandenberg has become one of the best artificial reef dive sites for recreational divers worldwide. Warm water almost year-round, tropical conditions, and the vacation/resort atmosphere of Key West combine to make the Vandenberg a most desirable destination for ecotourism.
The ship was used originally as a U.S. Navy troop transport named the Gen. Harry Taylor. It was renamed the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg in 1963, and tracked the U.S. space program’s launches off Cape Canaveral. It also served in the Pacific monitoring U.S. defense missile test launches and eavesdropped on Russian missile launches during the Cold War. Port Canaveral, Fla., was the Vandenberg’s last active duty homeport beginning in 1976.
The Vandenberg was retired in 1983 and 10 years later was formally struck from the naval register and transferred to the U.S. Maritime Administration. The ship received its most public exposure when cast as a Russian science ship in “Virus,” a 1999 motion picture starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland.
The Vandenberg represents the southernmost part of the Florida Keys Shipwreck Trail, a series of intentionally sunken vessels that begins off Key Largo with the former Navy landing ship dock Spiegel Grove.