Here lies the wreck of the battleship USS Arizona. During the attack on Pearl Harbor, 1,177 officers and crewmen tragically lost their lives aboard this ship when an armor piercing bomb hit her forward magazines. The explosion was so deadly that the Arizona accounted for 49% of total American casualties during the attack. Until September…
Tag: World War II
Diving on the Wreck of a WW2 Submarine – U-352
9 May 1942. US Coast Guard Cutter Icarus cruises at 14 knots along the coast of North Carolina en route to Key West. The sea is calm, but the world around them is not. Only five months have passed since the bombing of Pearl Harbor thrust the US into war, and tensions are high among…
This WW II Shipwreck is Home to 100 Sharks – SS Caribsea
11 March 1942. 0200 hours. The merchant ship SS Caribsea is steaming along the coast of North Carolina. She’s carrying 3,600 tons of manganese ore to Norfolk, Virginia from Santiago, Cuba. The night is cold and dark, but nothing is out of the ordinary. Suddenly, an explosion rocks the ship, and seawater starts flooding the…
Tidewater Teddy 