I grew up on Catalina and was one of the first L.A. County certified divers back in '62. I later worked as a diver for Hansen Mooring Service at Avalon. We maintained all the moorings in Avalon harbor and Descanso bay. We also did salvage work. In 1968 we removed all the brass fittings off of the Valiant. I personally removed the hatch ring from the bow anchor locker access hatch. It was solid brass and very heavy. I later donated it to the Catalina Museum. The Valiant hull was intact then.
When I dove this wreck in 1993, there was considerably more of the structure remaining. Looks like in another 10-20 years she will just be a high patch of junk.
Go to cawreckdivers org for the best writeup on this, and other California ship wrecks.
kayakdiver88 9 months ago
How old and what kind of ship is that?
jackolabito 9 months ago
i just dove there its deteriorating very fast
almostalways803 9 months ago
I grew up on Catalina and was one of the first L.A. County certified divers back in '62. I later worked as a diver for Hansen Mooring Service at Avalon. We maintained all the moorings in Avalon harbor and Descanso bay. We also did salvage work. In 1968 we removed all the brass fittings off of the Valiant. I personally removed the hatch ring from the bow anchor locker access hatch. It was solid brass and very heavy. I later donated it to the Catalina Museum. The Valiant hull was intact then.
johntellerman1 1 year ago
Awesome. Looks like you had good vis that day, too. I hope to get out and dive Catalina sometime in the near future!
Hoomi2 1 year ago
When I dove this wreck in 1993, there was considerably more of the structure remaining. Looks like in another 10-20 years she will just be a high patch of junk.
vv55sst 2 years ago
how deep are you
m6060842 3 years ago