Tag: los angeles
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A Second Dive on the UB-88 Submarine Wreck
In just shy of 200′ of water in San Pedro Bay is the wreck of the German submarine UB-88, the only u-boat shipwreck in California. I dove this wreck for the first time late last year and my post about it made waves, so to speak. Apparently I’m not the only one who’s into the…
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Diving the Palawan Wreck
Palawan, formerly a Liberty Ship, is an artificial reef off Huntington Beach, California. What is a Liberty Ship? Liberty Ships were WWII-era cargo carriers designed to be built cheaply and quickly, and were mass-produced by the thousands in the later years of the war. These steel-hulled ships were 441 feet long and 56 feet…