My dads marine salvage co"Pan Oceanic Engineering Corp" found the 26 shipwrecks around Thunder Bay, Alpena, Michigan. We rented a submarine sidescan sonnar back in the 70's for a paid savage. Had it for a week. This was B/4 GPS. Later they made an underwater state park out of those wrecks. Back then it was finders keepers. We had Aquadyne&Kirbey Morgan hard hats, raido communication,twin Lister desils compressors, Uni suits,4man decompressioh chamber,20ton clam bucket crane(took the bucket off). Made dives on the"Monrovia" in 155ft.,but i was working out #2 hold@135ft. Remember freezing my ass off on the stage at 20ft for20+ minutes b/4 being cranked up to10ft. for 25 to 30 mins b/4 going on deck. Dad was a Navy Frogman. He& a fellow non com were recruited by Western Electric as heads of worldwide underwater cable laying. This was a covert front of USA's listening for nuclear sub prop wash in the cold war.
david,r. massey I had a friend that owned his own mini sub and dive salvage company back in the late 60's early 70's before they passed pilfering laws on those ships. You wont find a port hole or hatch cover on any old ship as they were made into coffee tables and wall hangings. Any brass was considered fair game as was personal effects. Unless a ship was too deep to be plundered, it was. Even then, guys used hooked drags to try and bring up parts of great lakes wrecks before they were protected. Had the hulls been worth money, they would have been chopped up and raised to the surface. I remember walking along the side of a broken ship in lake Superior not far from white fish point. Its not unusual to find ships buried and unburied every spring along Empire beach. Many ships beached there and were destroyed by ice.
Really cool!wish we could talk!I know you have some old equipment around plus some great stories...AND nautical stuff off the wrecks!I have stuff from the great John Steele himself bolted to the studs In my house.
"Many disappeared without a trace taking the lives of all who were aboard....." it's very incredible fortunetely that the explorators are there for find them i like very much the wrecks with their stories etc... beautiful video
Thats fantastic! I'm actually diving and shooting in Whitefish Point right now and later this week in Grand Marias on some incredible shipwrecks. The stories and the state of preservation here are world class.
lol. i was 2 piers over from them while they were in presquisle. even spoke to her briefly. go figure.all divers look about the same till you see what king of gear they pull out... didn't put it together until i read her article in wreck diver magazine .nice work on the video . its nice to see something put together that wasn't done with a go pro , loud music and all shaky . keep up the good work
+gibbs smith Thank you! I appreciate the kind comments. It's always nice to talk to other passionate divers too. I'll be back in Presque Isle this summer from July 2-16th. Maybe we'll see each other again! There are so many more wrecks I need to see and i'll be brining a team for more lighting and even better images! I love the wrecks!
These are on my list to see , absolutely great videos keep up the good work, have you ever thought of going to Malin Head in, Northern Ireland deep WW1 Wrecks.
That is so cool! I want to learn scuba diving so I can check out some shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Nice video. That ship looks like it is in great condition for being over 140 years old. Did you ever venture inside of the ship or any ship that you visit? Or would that be too dangerous?
Four people died when the Typo sank and everyone on board the Windiate died when it sank. Do these ships still have human remains inside or have they all been recovered?
No remains were ever found from the Windiate. They believe that the ship got caught in ice or iced over and the crew may have tried to walk to shore but didn't make it. on the TYPO there are still some human remains but they are left undisturbed.
You're just plain brilliant. So glad to have found you.
This is some great cinematography! Very captivating!
Absolutely gorgeous vessels fantastic video! Thank you for sharing!
My dads marine salvage co"Pan Oceanic Engineering Corp" found the 26 shipwrecks around Thunder Bay, Alpena, Michigan. We rented a submarine sidescan sonnar back in the 70's for a paid savage. Had it for a week. This was B/4 GPS. Later they made an underwater state park out of those wrecks. Back then it was finders keepers. We had Aquadyne&Kirbey Morgan hard hats, raido communication,twin Lister desils compressors, Uni suits,4man decompressioh chamber,20ton clam bucket crane(took the bucket off). Made dives on the"Monrovia" in 155ft.,but i was working out #2 hold@135ft. Remember freezing my ass off on the stage at 20ft for20+ minutes b/4 being cranked up to10ft. for 25 to 30 mins b/4 going on deck. Dad was a Navy Frogman. He& a fellow non com were recruited by Western Electric as heads of worldwide underwater cable laying. This was a covert front of USA's listening for nuclear sub prop wash in the cold war.
may be soon that will be possible to see them without diving no?
26? treasures?
david,r. massey I had a friend that owned his own mini sub and dive salvage company back in the late 60's early 70's before they passed pilfering laws on those ships. You wont find a port hole or hatch cover on any old ship as they were made into coffee tables and wall hangings. Any brass was considered fair game as was personal effects. Unless a ship was too deep to be plundered, it was. Even then, guys used hooked drags to try and bring up parts of great lakes wrecks before they were protected. Had the hulls been worth money, they would have been chopped up and raised to the surface. I remember walking along the side of a broken ship in lake Superior not far from white fish point. Its not unusual to find ships buried and unburied every spring along Empire beach. Many ships beached there and were destroyed by ice.
Really cool!wish we could talk!I know you have some old equipment around plus some great stories...AND nautical stuff off the wrecks!I have stuff from the great John Steele himself bolted to the studs In my house.
"Many disappeared without a trace taking the lives of all who were aboard....." it's very incredible fortunetely that the explorators are there for find them i like very much the wrecks with their stories etc... beautiful video
What an incredible piece of history.
That is incredible footage..very well done!
You never cease to amaze me Mrs. Schott! Love this video, love the Great Lakes. Come to my booth at DEMA this year!
wooden and in such a good condition! wow
I have read 3 of Fred Stonehouse's books on shipwrecks at Isle Royale, Munising & Marquette, all in the Upper Pensula of Michigan.
Thats fantastic! I'm actually diving and shooting in Whitefish Point right now and later this week in Grand Marias on some incredible shipwrecks. The stories and the state of preservation here are world class.
lol. i was 2 piers over from them while they were in presquisle. even spoke to her briefly. go figure.all divers look about the same till you see what king of gear they pull out... didn't put it together until i read her article in wreck diver magazine .nice work on the video . its nice to see something put together that wasn't done with a go pro , loud music and all shaky . keep up the good work
+gibbs smith Thank you! I appreciate the kind comments. It's always nice to talk to other passionate divers too. I'll be back in Presque Isle this summer from July 2-16th. Maybe we'll see each other again! There are so many more wrecks I need to see and i'll be brining a team for more lighting and even better images! I love the wrecks!
do you take requests or suggestions ?also have you ever don't any work with john janzen?
Great video!!
Great Video
These are on my list to see , absolutely great videos keep up the good work, have you ever thought of going to Malin Head in, Northern Ireland deep WW1 Wrecks.
That is so cool! I want to learn scuba diving so I can check out some shipwrecks in the Great Lakes. Nice video. That ship looks like it is in great condition for being over 140 years old. Did you ever venture inside of the ship or any ship that you visit? Or would that be too dangerous?
Great video!
Four people died when the Typo sank and everyone on board the Windiate died when it sank. Do these ships still have human remains inside or have they all been recovered?
No remains were ever found from the Windiate. They believe that the ship got caught in ice or iced over and the crew may have tried to walk to shore but didn't make it. on the TYPO there are still some human remains but they are left undisturbed.
Whst depth is it at? This diver has very good buoyancy control.
The diver is very good! These wrecks are in 190ft
Video was awesome. But I kept "waiting" to hear,,, "How may I help you".....lol
I spent summers on Green Bay and Lake Michigan . I love that area
Where is than located?
Lake Huron
I was part of the team that brought this ship to the surface a few yrs back. It now sits in the dump. It was way too full of worm holesto repair.
So was it brought to the surface.
BS both of these ships are in an underwater preserve and are still there
Like we don't all know that Vladimir Putin is responsible for sinking this boat.
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