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Wreck of the Oaxaca
kd5uwg - 3/16/2008 7:03 PM
Well while reading on the Texas parks and wildlife site about artificial reefing of ships, I ran accross some information on a Mexican freighter sunk off the coast of Port O Connor. This ship was sunk by the German Uboat 171. Even thought this vessel was sunk in shallow muddy water, Im doing research on possibly diving this wreck. The information I have found says that it was broken into by the torpedo and sank with in 3 to 4 minutes. The Navy blasted the super structure to eliminate it as being...
Just some randomness
kd5uwg - 1/28/2008 7:34 PM
Well Ive been outta diving a few years and it is no time to get all my gear serviced. Ive got 6 tanks 1 steele 72 initial hydro was 1968 but its been inspected 4 times since then. I have 5 aluminum 80`s only one is the 6351 alloy gonna have it checked but may fail anyway. Need to get regulators and BC serviced as well then i plan on getting wet few times this year. My wife wants to get certified as well so we may look into that as well....