I have actually being doing some research just this morning, and have only found two US Warships that had twin screws that were sold to Mexico after WWII. Both are destroyers, and indeed sister ships of the Fletcher Class. They are the DD573, the USS Harrison, and the DD574, the USS John Rodgers. Both were [...]
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Yesterday, Thursday May 20th, I was in my office, and I was conducting two wreck dives on a pre WWII US Warship that was sold to the Mexican Government (name unknown) not far from here. This warship was sunk as an artificial reef by the Mexican authorities about eight to ten years ago. Sadly they removed [...] Heading into Bahia de Los Angeles Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja, is about an 8 hour drive from the San Diego border; it is 40 minutes, by good road, from Route 1, yet is is rarely visited by people heading south. In the summer the waters heat to the low 80s and as there are currents [...] Diablo Rojo… A short while back, we were on assignment diving and filming the humboldt squid that inhabit the Baja waters close by to the Dive Center. This is not a dive for the faint of heart, but is great fun at the same time. The local fisherman call them “Diablo Rojo” or “Red Devil” as [...] As promised, here are some pictures of the Seahorse we found in the shallows of Punta Prieta. Off of the reef edge the bay becomes a sandy bottom with patches of seaweed holding fast to the rocks. Baja SCUBA diving in these small oasis’ you can find all types of invertebrate life, octopus scurrying from rock [...] |
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