The U.S.S. New York was a United States "Dreadnought" class cruiser built not long before World War One. Before the outbreak of the Second World War this by now long obsolete ship had been moved to the Philippines where she sat guarding the entrance to the US naval base at Subic Bay with her huge 16" guns. As the Japanese approached and the bay seemed in immanent danger of being overrun  she was scuttled in order to prevent the guns becoming a Japanese defensive asset.

Today she is a most challenging dive in murky, pea-green water, but she rewards the serious wreck diver with great penetration possibilities. We swam the length of the wreck inside her hull on at least two different levels and we were also able to penetrate completely from port to starboard through a huge explosion rent in her hull towards the stern. As she lies on her side this particular penetration was essentially vertical and we had to feel our way downwards very, very slowly indeed in order to avoid losing our way in the poor viz.

Our first visit to the wreck was marred by the incompetence of our local dive guide from Master Divers who got into trouble as we commenced the assent and had to be rescued by Tracy! Subsequent dives on the following days all went well and we enjoyed our time on the wreck immensely as you will see from the photographs below.