Bikini Wreck Diving: USS Saratoga 2013 Lust4Rust trip
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2013
- 2013 Lust4Rust trip to the Bikini Atoll. WOW! One hell of a trip. USS Saratoga. Onboard the MV Windward with Pete Mesley
Wreck diving at the most amazing wreck diving destination in the world. Where can you dive a WW2 battleship as the JIN Nagato in the morning and an aircraft carrier in the afternoon, the USS Saratoga.
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This was my dad's ship in WWII. He was an aviation machinist mate. He died in 1997 so he never saw this video, but he would have loved to see the old girl. He loved that ship!
My father was on this ship in WW2. One person was chosen off each of the ship and they picked my father to be at the peace treaty signing at pearl harbor. Thank you so much for sharing this video. I wish my father were alive to see it today.
Bethany Warner your father used to serve in this ship? Wow i salute your father for being a hero
the peace treaty to end WWII was signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor on 2 September 1945
Saluteeee!
Peace treaty was signed in Tokyo Bay.
Sept. 2, 1945 was the Formal Instrument of Surrender signed on the battleship USS Missouri BB 63.
Old Sister Sara, a sad ending to a great ship. One of three pre war aircraft carrier's that made it through that war. USS Enterprise, USS Saratoga and the USS Ranger. It's a shame that at least one of them was saved to be viewed today.
Admiral Halsey, among others, fought like hell to save Big E (CV-6) from the scrapper. No enemy attack could sink her, but post war budget cuts sure have a way of doing it. Sad story really. At least her legacy has lived on through CVN-65 and soon to be CVN-80. There needs to be a drive of some kind to name CVN-81 Lexington, CVN-82 Saratoga, CVN-83 Yorktown, and CVN-84 Ranger, or any combination of those names to hulls. Maybe even CVN-85 as the Hornet?
Thank you much for this incredible video. My father served on the Sara during WWII. I know he would have loved to seen this.
Man, You guys have Moocho kahonies, I thank you guy's for the video, It's GREAT! But I would not scooba near that sunkin mess! Just WOW!
I'm too old to dive at that depth any longer but it's great to have that video to watch to bring back memories.
Thanks for sharing one of the best WWII ship dives that I've ever seen. It looks like they discarded the old girl fully stocked with even the munitions and planes. I've heard that the government wanted to see what would happen to a combat ready ship. It amazes me to see how she sank to the bottom with her deck up in its normal position. There was even a big jar sitting normally on a work bench. I appreciate the great skill taken not to stir up sediment that would have clouded the visuals. Really a professional job with everything. I got a kick out of the screen shot of the two commodes at approx. (14:15) with the caption beneath them stating, "Officer's Quarters".
What’s amazing is, I served in Sara CV-60, There doesn’t seem to be much of a difference in the heads on the two. I guess toilets and urinals didn’t change that much over the years.
Having served aboard a Carrier (CVN-70) I must say that, while things have changed a bit since then, much is recognizable. Salutes to the former crews of the Sara, and the ship itself, for all they accomplished!
I have watched hundreds and hundreds of diving videos and shows but for the first time yours for some reason actually made me feel like I was right there with you maybe it was the sound of the trickling water I don't know but thank you very much for the tour and you got yourself another subscriber.Cheers
My wife's grandfather served on the Sara and was involved in her second torpedoing. Then became a plank owner in the Intrepid aka The Evil I. He served 31+ years thru 3 wars.
Donald Parlett jr I had an uncle on Sara CV-3, and his older brother was the navigation officer on intrepid. I was a part of the team in Philadelphia Naval Shipyard that sent Intrepid to NYC in 1980+/- timeframe. What a small Navy.
My Dad was aboard from 43 all the way to the end at Bikini he often regaled us with stories of the great ship and the daring do of the gallent crew (both in battle with the Imperial Japanese Military and drunken barroom brawls with marine and allies alike) to see this footage and compare it with his stories and pictures is very rewarding I can almost hear his voice once again
Beautiful. Poignant. Impressive. Too bad these great ships come to such an end. But hopefully they have created a new habitat at the bottom of the ocean. Thanks for sharing.
They didn't come to a sad end, their testing went on to be used by future generations of sailors in shipboar cbr attack and decon procedures.
And what a great end ... the ship is alive!
Or at least the ocean is alive, around the ship.
A ship of war is now a ship of life.
Its as dignified of an "end" as can be. Its guns silent, yet its history still speaks today, and as we can see from these fellows, its halls are now a museum, its hull a home to a host of life. Wonderful share!
My grandfather was on this ship, he was sad to see it sunk but understood it was a better fate than scrapping.
My uncle was onboard Saratoga CV-3, I served onboard Saratoga CV-60. Lots of great conversations
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the lyrics in english is in the comment section. Scroll down to find it.
Amazing footage. You guys clearly have skills to keep from stirring up more silt! I guess I am a bit surprised to see so many tools and equipment on board and such. It doesn't look like they took much off the ship before sinking it. (but that is the military, "thats too heavy to move, scrap it and we will buy a new one")
Aaron, the ships where deliberately fully equipped before hit by the nuclear bombs in order to assess the impact of the bombs. That is what makes diving there so amazing.
Just making up stuff again on UA-cam are we ? These ships were completed loaded, minus living human beings of course, for the Atomic Bomb tests. Feel free to do some research on "Operation: Crossroads" before you just start spewing pit fantasy facts. The Navy has *never* been in the habit of scuttling fully loaded aircraft carriers. Many of the planes/equipment was within broken or outdated. Stop spreading made up crap.
It's cool seeing this shipwreck explored because I know nobody died when she sank.
@Hal 9000 Huh? These ships were sunk in the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests. What Odin is saying ts that it's nice to be able to explore a wreck without disturbing the dead. Wrecks like Arizona can't be explored because they're war graves, whereas the Bikini wrecks are perfect for exploration.
it is tradition to keep names of historical ships in service on newer ships. SARATOGA is a example of this, This SARA was named after the Revolutionary War battle. She was sister to the LEXINGTON which was sunk at Coral Sea. They were identical that in order to tell them apart was the SARA had a black stripe pai t
They were converted from Battlecruisers rebuilt on the stocks as Battlecruisers were found to be a flawed concept.
@@SvenTviking Actually all six Lexington class ships were cancelled as battlecruisers in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty. Lexington and Saratoga were instead allowed to be converted and completed as aircraft carriers under the terms of the treaty. The remaining four ships were either not laid down or were broken up on the building ways.
日本人なのでビキニ環礁＝第五福竜丸みたいな直結した浅いイメージしか持ってなかったけど、具体的に調べると色々興味深い…！
コメント欄に当時の人たちの孫が集まってるのも感慨深いなあー
私の祖父母も彼らの祖父母も同じ時代に生きていたわけだ…
Thank you for posting So much History
It's so amazing to see these once powerful ships beneath the waves! The mighty Sara!!! The sea certainly reclaims the metal and hardware that came from the earth in ghostly fashion! From this veteran, my hats off in honor of all those lost at sea during war! God bless them all!!! 🙏❤
Most antiques guys," yeah, I can fix that lathe"
Very impressive machine shop. Nice work. Thanks!
What a great dive thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
My Father was a shipfitter and diver off the Saratoga. Hie of course is gone now, I wished he could have seen this. He was one of the crew that was attached to the Atom Bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, and as a shipfitter, was one of the first on after all the CrossRoads tests, which unfortunately led to his Cancer and death.
amazing to see that after all these years the sink still has water in it.
Nice footage, Carsten!
So much to see, that`s what makes this both interesting and different.
I hope these divers are still alive and in good health. I really enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting such great work.
Why wouldn’t they still be alive? Any specific reason or are you hoping they are still alive in general
With the atomic bomb testing in the area, I wondered if any one of them
were affected by any form of radiation desease. I pray they are all safe. Its
people like these keep the memory of the times and the people who perished on both sides
of the conflict.
@@kalabao52 As there are no such things as 'atom' bombs or 'nukes', i'd say it's a pretty safe bet to say these divers are perfectly fine !
@@kalabao52 After this much time most of the radiation in the wrecks has deteriorated or been washed out. I read that there is still some lingering radiation in or around the battleship Nagato.
@@colliecandle "No such things as 'atom bombs' or 'nukes' ... Please explain this statement.
The Bikini test fleet was hit with two Nagasaki "Fat Man" type weapons, one an 'airburst' close to battleship Nevada in the center of the formation, the other an underwater burst which did far more damage than the first detonation.
Ohh the silence of rebreather, mint footage 👌
Magnifique !
My dad was a Gunners Mate on the Sara. Wish he could see this now!
Cool video neat condition of the wreck.
Must've been one heck of a machine shop with all that equipment.
My dad worked there
What a great experience that must have been! Is that melted / blistered paint all over some of the rooms or just rust? And melted equipment (radio set?) on the tables at 13:12?
what rebreather were you using?
My dad served on the Saratoga 1940-1943. Fireman.
Are these ships still Radioactive. I saw some Videos on the Island and the Fruit on the Island still to this day had radioactivity in them and the plants from the Bombs.
the excellent vedio good luck
Seeing the work shop and lathes almost made me cry
Excellent no ridiculous music thanks
She is still a beautiful lady♥
Makes me sad seeing the workshop. Those lathes and mills are still some of the best in the world today.
what are the radiation readings in the water, or the ships them selves???????????????
My dream dive.
Radiation
Saw from one presentation of the Saratoga that the stern has now collapsed, and that one part of the hanger ceiling also has fallen.
yes, unfortunately time takes its toll on these ships. When I was diving there last, we could see the collapse of the hanger deck. (i think in my 2014 video it is visible.) One one day the fighter plane was in pristine condition, the next day the hanger deck had collapsed on it. whilst that is sad, it will also allow new penetration entry opportunities to the wreck. As of today, the enormous engine room has not been penetrated as currently there is no chance to enter it from any side or any level. (without using cutting equipment)
@@carstenunderwater1 Aircraft are parked in hangars. Hangers are used for storing your clothes in the closet.
There's a flock of birds with the old Sara!
splendide
what camera and light did you use
+Danny Jasnic On my 2013 trip I used a Sony HD in a Amphibico housing with a 110deg wide angle lens. Lights are Hartenberger HID Video Mega D2 Video Lights. On the 2014 trip I used a Black Magic Cinema Pocket Camera, but that footage isn't up yet...as well as the GoPro 3 Plus 3D for the inside of the Dentist Room on the Saratoga. (Also not uploaded yet...)
This Diver seems to be at home inside this wreck. Did they have maps of the interior of the ship?
For the USS Saratoga we indeed have and used the original construction plans. Prior to deep penetration we lay lines in order to mark the way back to the exit.
Heheh, “deep penetration.”
Nice wreck👌✌️💪👍
Subscribing worth👍
For it to be sank by a nuclear bomb,it really didn't disturb everything in the ship.That's pretty interesting
sank from the damage, they probably scuttled her she was so radioactive
Considering the Baker test threw her out of the water a bit, she's in awesome condition.
Amazing how much equipment and sundries they just left onboard.
Also, I'm pretty sure that jar was planted there by someone. No way did it ride out the sinking without falling.
so, there is no residual radioactivity around?
Minimal.
You ate what was left of the raidoactivity in that lobster you had a few weeks back.
That wasn't a locker room, it was a supply storeroom
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its not a blacksmith shop but a machine shop. I see a southbend lathe, abor press, planer mill horizontal mill.
Radio active sharks, with lasers.
I just absolutely hate what the bottom of the ocean does to these beautiful vessels.
sounds like a bird chirping at 4:15
+Studio Earth U r right. It does. :-) Its a tiny leak in my BCD...
so many things that I would like to salvage. All the machinery, the lathe and other stuff. Allot in the ship worth salvaging
According to the Bikini website the ship belong's to the native people.
Think the equipment would be beyond repair/salt damage. Friend of mine diving W.W.2 wrecks of the coast of Papua New Guinea back in 1978 found aircraft. He salvaged twin machine guns from one of the turrets. After awhile, the gun disintegrated into a pile of rust been exposed to the air. Had he have left it on the aircraft, probably survived to this day. Cheers from 🇦🇺
Weren't the " native people" forcibly removed and not been able to return?
The USS Saratoga survived a mass kamikaze attack of 35+ planes during the war. Now that’s incredible.
Great that the ww2 warships are given life albeit thru a camera lens but...as I'm unable to connect with the dive experience. can some map referance be showing the diver's position relative to the area filmed? Lady Lex and other recently downloaded film are quit interesting but for more referancing purpose a "pop-up like" item can offer simple factual statement's. Whereas my own laymans knowledge is not eluminating the benifitual message. But outstanding vid nonetheless.
Там повсюду следы пожара столько лет прошло!!!
13:24 how did that survive a nuclear blast that raised the ship out of the water...
Rubber ship? Just guessing.
My dad was in that ship but not that mission
I’m hearing birds chirping not possible In an underwater video very strange
Already been explained
Was this a nuclear bomb test ship?
+navythomas8 Yes. She was assigned to operation crossroads in 1946. She survived the Able Nuclear test (air burst), but sank after the Baker test (underwater burst).
WWII ships had machine shops, not blacksmith shops.
They still had aircraft on it
Yes, the aircraft were placed on the ship for the nuclear test
Fully armed and fuelled.
Did you see the bombs and torpedos
‘S on the deck.
I am told about 35 - 55m.
Looks kinda sad setting there
My dad was a gunner on this ship
Wait... they are not diving while wearing bikini’s?
My dad was on this ship
Wish I could see the Nevada and how she is today
Don't think her wreck of Hawaii has been found. She is in deep water. Sad she met that fate.
War hero
Radioactivity is tolerable?
over the years all the radioactivity has been washed away. official studies and measurements show that apart from a slight increased recordable radiation under the bow of the Nagato Battleship, all levels in the water are the same as everywhere else. unfortunately the same can not be said for above water. Bikini Island still has heightened levels of radiation especially in the coconuts thus still making them uninhabitable for the Bikinians.
I don't mean to be an anti-nuclear crank but I can't help but wonder what the radiation levels are down there?
In the year 3000 the alien has discover this ship as a fossils. Heheheh
My grandad was on this ship he had drifted for 2 weeks and he survived and was sunk by gaudle canal
Survived and he would be 90 about now I wish he could see his ship for the last time
I get the feeling you’re on about Lexington, as Sara was not sunk by enemy action but postwar in a nuke test? Or was he adrift from another ship after a posting?
Fighter_pilot_16 well he was color blind so he could join this ship he wasn’t on the Lexington and the cv-3 was sunk by a German u boat maybe he couldn’t tell
He was fighting the Japanese and Germans he got shrapnel to the back
Fighter_pilot_16 Here’s an artical en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)
Ah ok, understood!
My girlfriend’s uncle was one of the six killed on 11 January. Her mom who is still alive wish she knew where he was buried at sea. I will show her mom this video to help her with closure. Great video 👍
Wasnt this ship sunk in a nuclear blast? Not sure diving in a radioactive wreck is a good idea!
3:52 a little sad seeing that lathe...
di tangan org2 bener dan bijak skalipun di dasar laut yg sepi...Gak ada tuh namanya penampakan jurik
Is there still water in the sink. lol
Machine shop, not blacksmith shop.
What kind of plane
Curtiss Helldiver's aka 'The Beast' by their pilots. They probably used them as the aiming points for the A bombs!
Dauntless Dive Bomber
How many "USS Saratoga" ships did the US have? One on the bottom of the Bikini Atoll, another one got scrapped in Texas. Both were aircraft carriers. Don't they only use the same name once, within a reasonable time period?
+Vito Cornelius
Names are reused. A new Enterprise has been authorized, only 5 years after the CVN-65 had been decommissioned.
6 USS Saratoga's in history. One during the Revolution, one during war of 1812, one in the mid-1800s, one that was a later name for the cruiser USS New York and the 2 carriers that you referenced. USS Ranger has been used 10 times, though a couple were never completed.
@@peterson7082 CVN-65 you mean. CVN-67 was USS John F. Kennedy.
@@ecobrain Yeah
@@ecobrain You mean CV-67. JFK was the last conventionally-powered aircraft carrier built.
They originally intended for JFK to be a transition ship between the Enterprise (CVN-65) and Nimitz (CVN-68). She would have had 4 or 6 nuclear reactors (instead of 8 like Enterprise/CVN-65 had) but been at least twice as expensive to build with nuclear power so she was finished as an oil-burning ship. The JFK is actually shorter in length than the Kitty Hawk class carriers.
Radiation is way too high!
My grandfather was on that ship when it was. Struck by the torpedo
What a terrible waste of machinery and metal. The mill's a lathes alone would be so wonderful to put in the hands of miachinists or even schools. The planes would be collectors pieces. I know, she outlived her service time, but, damn! I wonder if she carries any radioactivity from the two H bomb tests?
To tt
Scrapping would be a better fate. Because the people would still be alive when it wasn’t sunk.
Wut
Tell us in American English, we don't do metric! The ship was/is 910 FEET long
Fletcher Class destroyers were only 320 ft. long, but we fought like we were much larger.
what a wast, those machine tools could have been reused
hope the radiation down there is low
I am a machinist, and that's exactly what I wanted to do spend most of my time in a "blacksmith shop"
Sorry, bye bye
This must be a government expedition. I can’t believe the government would allow diving on wrecks in a nuclear detonation area to civilians.
Which Government? This atoll is part of the Marshal Islands. As long as you pack it in and out and can afford it, anyone can wreck dive here. Just don't drink the water.
It is sad that they could save the wannabe Lexington and Yorktown but the Enterprise and Saratoga were just treated as so much excess baggage to be used up and discarded.
This is why prices are high we threw our materials into the ocean instead of melting it down , waste not want not !
No, that is simply untrue.
Судя по тому,что даже банки и посуда на своих местах и не биты,авианосец плавно вертикально сел на дно.Глядя подобные съёмки,представляешь,сколько истории лежит на дне.И эта история постепенно исчезает.Причём,безвозвратно.И это противоестественно.И о бренности мирского:одни вложили гигантскую массу мозгов,труда,денег в подобное,а другие,тоже вложив мозги,труд и деньги,отправили это в небытие.По сути-идиотизм...