Diving the USS Apogon,

Bikini Atoll, summer 2006...


 


The United States Navy submarine Apogon...


 

 

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Descending towards the pressure hull of the US submarine Apogon, Bikini Atoll, summer 2006...

Martin filming around the Apogon with a video camera...

The wreck is clouded with massive shoals of tiny fish...

Jen points to a torpedo tube where a there is a live torpedo in situ...

Martin passes back up and over the pressure hull from the seabed...

A selection of artifacts placed upon the hull for inspection...

The wooden deck planking has rotted away exposing the sub-structure beneath on top of the pressure hull...

Behind the divers the distant conning tower is wreathed in shoals of timy tiny fish...

The divers reach the forward gun...

Live shells in near perfect condition recently brought out of an air bubble in the conning tower...

Another view of the submarines surface armaments...

Jen and Bob inspect the ASDIC scanner head...

Bob hovers over the ASDIC head...

and Martin films on oblivious to a Grey Reef shark he has just passed by and wont see until he views the video two weeks later!!!

Martin swims around the bow...

Bugs Bunny riding a torpedo - the USS Apogons battle penant now on display at Pearl Harbour...