The government waste is that they think nothing of sinking taxpayers dollars,when they could have used captured enemy ships instead.They think it is theirs to waste any way they want to.They use old tanks and trucks as targets all the time!Thats our property they are blowing up!And sinking!
I dont get why they let it blow up.... since there was only 2 ever made (uss saratoga and uss lexington) and since the Lexington sunk they should of left this ship as a museum!!!!!!!!
Saratoga and Lexington were sister ships. So they were identical. Lexington was sunk at the Battle of Coral Sea. Saratoga was in and out of repair facilities for most of the war refits was hit by 2 Submarine torpedoes that took her out of action twice.. She finally really proved her worth late 1942/ Early 1943 on to the end of the war earning several battle honors.
@95000026 Able, the first test of Operation Crossroads, was an air detonation, aimed at the Nevada. It missed. The ship was towed away and scrapped. Baker, the underwater blast was suspended 30m below a barge, and was vapourised.
@newcomer9747 This is a very remote location, so the costs of salvaging anything would be immense, and far outweigh any money made from the scrap, or historical value of these ships. Take into account the environmental hazards, such as heavy fuel oil (which still leaks from the Sara), unexploded ordnance, and possible radioactive material from the silts in and around the wreck, this just isn't going to happen.
@newcomer9747 Less an issue of radioactivity, just everything elese that's there, and what's the incentive? It was "gifted" to the Bikinian Government by the USA as a resource for Tourism, but since the local airline went bust, it has stopped the dive operation there. Some people try and organise trips, on a live aboard, with restrictions, expect to pay upwards of $7k.
@Lonesharkproductions i'm sorry to say thats not right. Nevada survived both test and was sunk along with the New York another battleship somewhere off Hawaii. She's never been found since. I for one, beliew she's a ship worth looking for. am I right?
i hate to see this stuff and what they did to these great american wonders, that are just thrown away, never to be scene again. these were part of history, and this ship, along with the USS. lexington cv - 2 were two of the greatest historical feets ever, they were the first secsessful aircraft carriers. i wish they could have done what they did with the Aircraft carrier in my towns harbor, and make them into memorials and museums.
Just one question, regarding radioactivity. Is it safe after 65 years to swim in that area? Always asked myself that regarding the Sara, Prinz Eugen and other ships wrecked during the atomic tests.
@urantay - it filled with water ;-) It was one of the target ships for Operation Crossroads, the Atom bomb tests in 1946 at Bikini Atoll, and sank following the Baker (2nd) blast, which was detonated underwater. The hull was ruptured, though the most extensive damage was caused by water falling onto the flight deck, from the "mushroom cloud".
my dad was on the old Sara right up until the blast, watched her sink from the beach and even saw the explosions through welding goggles. I grew up on his stories, and indirectly my patriotism was born on her decks. of course only through God's grace was I ever born the fire at 3:28 is from Iwo Jima a week prior to that battle dad's battle station was changed from battery one. during that attack only one man on that battery survived a direct hit. thanks for posting freedom is not free.
Depends who you ask....The ground water and soil are contaminated with ceasium, however, plants could be eaten if you use pottassium as a fertiliser, as it displaces the ceasium. Just walking around on the islands however, willl give you less radiation dose, than living in a big city, or taking a transatlantic flight!
The Bikini Government have suspended the tourist programme, due to finances, and the lack of reliable internal air service within the Marshalls. To get there you need permission, a ship, which is self sufficient, and spare places for Government Officials to accompany you. Currently a trip is being organised to dive there, with a tag of around $16000.
this is not a war wreck.... the Bikini Atoll Bomb was a test.... no people were on the ships that were bombed.... these ships fron the "Able" bomb test for Operation Crossroads 1946 should be raised.... My grandpa was a radio operator in the Navy... there were NO people on those ships!
@flyingguitarman2727 It was actually Baker which sank the Saratoga. Raising these ships is impractical, both due to their location, and condition. As well as the initial damage which sank them 60 years on the bottom has caused a lot of damage. Saratoga has collapsed extensively since this video was taken 5 years ago. All the wrecks are actually owned by the Bikinians/ Marshall Islands Government
LOL, the first shot makes her funnel look huuuge! And I like that shot of the plane landing; I think it's slowed down slightly, but not much. Those old biplanes could just about settle vertically onto the deck when the ship was making good speed into the wind. Well, that's an exageration, but you know what I mean. I wish that they hadn't scrapped and sunk all the ships and planes after WWII, but why on Earth raise her again? I mean, RIP, man. She's not in THAT good condition.
by that do you mean that we are desicrating the graves of the fallen? This was not a war loss, but the result of atomic tests. However many service men did die in operational service. The wreck stands as a monument to the fallen who served on her, and to the folly of man's nuclear ambitions....
The allies, led by the USA, conducted the Atomic tests, on a fleet of redundant and captured vessels. Google Operation Crossroads. There were no personnel on any of the target ships. Debate remains about the "collateral damage" to both the displaced islanders, and servicemen who witnessed and attempted to "clean up" some of the target vessels, and contracted various cancers as a result. So yes, the ships were empty of men.
Sir you have my acceptance I don't have any qualms any more. Flush the fishes and go on with your senseless hobby. The coolest things on earth are the senseless things don't you think so? Just like racing right? No other aim than having fun. We would al be Taliban without having fun on senseless things
"Totenruhe"? That's a cool word, I'm gonna remember it. I agree with you, at least partly. I think that war wrecks should be explored, but not casually for fun. And there should be no idea of taking pieces or raising the ship, ESPECIALLY for profit. Like the asshole who have been selling pieces of Titanic; it's just WRONG! These ships are GRAVES; men DIED on, and in these ships. Yesterday I saw people saying that we should raise the Bismarck. I would be furious if anyone did that.
I can follow you that it sounds cool for foreign ears. It's just, in my opinion, a big plus of German language that you can create your own words out of nouns. Which doesn't mean that Totenruhe is my creation, but theoretically you could create your own word by adding two nouns fitting a context. A so called composed noun. Be creative.. Totenlied, Totenruhe, Totentag, Totenstille, Totenbuch, Totenhaus
So what does "ruhe" mean? I know "Toten" is "death" (Totenkopf = Death's Head). "Tag" = "day", so "Totentag" = "day of the dead" and "Guttentag" is "good day". "Haus" is "house", and "Buch" is "book". I don't know "Ruhe", although I had thought it meant "road" or "place", as in "Karlsruhe" in Berlin, and I don't know "lied" or "stille". German is a cool language, as long as you remember that the only reason the words look so long is that they are actually several words put together!
Saratoga..carried on her sisters spirit...The Blue Ghost of the Coral Sea... May she and the mighty Lexington Live forever in peace... it is a shame that today no one cares to remember her...they love the CV-60...yes a good ship but never to take the Lexington Class Air Craft Carrier Saratoga CV-3
True she could not take the more modern fighter jets of the futer. But with honor and valor like this she should have been a museum ship.. Thanks Shark for this amazing tribute of the legendary Saratoga.
It's a sad waste to a proud ship. At the end of the war and well into the 50's people just wanted to forget WWII and the ships and such were huge reminders....
What I cannot believe is that you all are commenting on how terrible it is that they sunk the Saratoga - what about the people who lived on Bikini and lost their land and livelihood, not to mention the illness from radiation poisoning?
32 million people died in WWII. europe was destroyed, Japan was destroyed. The world was changed. It sucks for the people who lived on Bikini, but shit, that's life. What about the Japanese-Americans put into camps on the West Coast, and the people who were sent to the concentration camps? I'm not saying that what happened to the people on Bikini was right, or justifyable, but as far as people who got the shaft because of WWII, the Bikinians got off easy. It's too late to cry about it now.
My point was that there was two blasts. The first blast, an air blast failed to sink her. The second blast, named the beta blast, was underwater and did sink her. I figure if the second test was named beta blast, the first test had to be alpha blast.
The underwater detonation, number 2 of Crossroads, was named Baker. To be fair, Able, was dropped a way off target, and so damage to the surfaces ships was limited. In addition, it is conceivable that had a crew been on board Saratoga, or reboarded soon after, she could have been saved, as it took several hours to flood from damage sustained.
Its criminal they did this to what is in my opinion the proudest of the US carriers, except maybe Enterprise. Saratoga fought all WW2 and her memory was trashed when they did this to her.
The ship was well past it's prime, she and Lexington CV-2 were built in 1927, there was no way she could handle the more modern jet fighters then coming online, her fate could have been worse, cut up for razor blades, or sunk in deep water as a test target for torpedo and missile tests.
@admiraldma and not only that but it set in motion the Naval Air Warfare strategies when it launched that secret attack on the Panama Canal with aircraft. I hate it when iconic things are destroyed.. i.e. USS Saratoga, IJN Yamato, Hitler's Bunker... It's all great engineering marvels that should be preserved and remembered.
@admiraldma Saratoga was the oldest carrier to survive the war. She was laid down as a Battlecruiser along with her sister, the Lexington. they were converted to carriers after the Washington Naval treaty limited the number of big gun warships the U.S. Navy could field. Saratoga was heavily damaged several times during the war. & the stresses of blast, damage, & stress born on a hull not designed for the structure built onto it probably made keeping Saratoga as a museum too expensive.
@wolfy88712 Its not the same though is it. A memorial ship has to be one that served in a war. If you named a new liner Titanic, it doesn't make it the same as the original!
@admiraldma I understand what you mean, but I'm not sure that a better alternate fate awaited her. In 1946 she was ruled obsolete, and obsolete ships (and planes, etc) usually had a date with the scrap yard. Since WW2 just ended, she was more likely to be broken up than turned into a museum. I prefer to see it this way: she was a soldier and she died a soldier's death, and with honor to boot; the enemy never defeated her. At least I think Oliver Wendell Holmes would have preferred it this way.
@HooseBinPharteen your comment does not make sense, as several US navy WW2 ships that had seen lots of action (Texas, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Alabama) were made into museums, so why not Saratoga?? I visited Missouri at Pearl Harbour and its fantastic! Would have loved to have toured the flight deck of the mighty Sara' and imagined being one of those AA gunners trying to stop a Val dive bomber or Kate torpedo bomber. Instead this proud ship is on the bottom of the sea??
@admiraldma Because restoring & preserving a capital ship costs millions of dollars, plus yearly upkeep; it either falls upon the taxpayer or upon enormous donations. And they need a 1000 ft. permanent berth. The Iowa was donated but almost did not find a berth at all. You mentioned less than a dozen ships that were converted into museums; there were hundreds left over after the war, many just as historic as Sara. The military needed a large test ship. Which carrier would you prefer they nuked?
@HooseBinPharteen They should have used one of the many Essex class that were left after the war, but I suppose they would have been too new to nuke. They should have kept Sara and not kept as many of the Battleships. At least they did keep some, us brits have got nothing to show for our war record. We scrapped every single one of our major ships, except a light cruiser, Belfast!! Woo hoo!!
My grandfather was on her during the war. He did when I was 5 so I never got to hear any stories about her, only the one's my grandmother passed on. She especially remembers how pissed he was when they sank her. When I got married 15 years ago my grandmother gave me his wedding band. The inscription reads A.M. to J.K. 11/20/41. Two weeks later we were at war. I don't wear a watch or any other jewelry, just the ring that he wore while he served on the Saratoga.
What a sad waste,, just for A bomb testing, should have been perserves as a musem. cant belive they even trashed the TBF avengers,, nice 500 pounders by the way,, that would be live ordnance.
Where are they keeping that plane??If that were true the Bikinians would be back living there and sadly they are not.They have had their own hired scientists and the soil is still radioactive down to 6 ft.Bikini was never scraped.When the wind blows you breath it and gets on your skin, clothes, and forget about growing anything without lots and lots of potassium..But i guess you are smarter then the scientists that did these tests and the Bikinians still living elsewhere.Life is short enuf .
Well I did live there, and I did speak to the scientists that regularly visit from John Hopkins, so I am informed. True there is radiation in the soil, and in the water table. Potasssium is more easily taken up than ceasium, so there are things that can be done. The US have stated that it is safe to live there, so could be repopulated, however, there is nothing there, no infrastructure. Politically, "moving back" does not help the Bikinians claim for reperations, but I can't say i blame them.
Awsome ship. Long live the ghost of the bikini atoll. Some one should raise her. She was an awsome ship. anyways great vid i faved it and awsome song.
It was a different time, following WW2, Saratoga was nearly 20 years old, and obsolete, due to new, larger, faster aircraft. After hostilities, there was a huge number of redundant ships and aircraft. A small number were used in the atomic tests, which was as much a showcase to the world at large, as it was a "test" of whether an atomic bomb couls sink a battleship, or indeed an aircraft carrier.
@11b101abn you might check & see if there isn't an Ticonderoga class cruiser named Saratoga, the Tico's got named after Battles from American history.
Continuing on - During the 21 FEB 1945 attack by kamikazes & level bombers against Saratoga at Iwo Jima my dad was firing his 20MM AA gun when a shipmate on fire plummeted nearby into the sea. Either he had been blown overboard or in agony he had jumped to get to the water to extinguish the fire. My dad told me it was tough, knowing that your shipmates who went overboard in battle would drown as the ship sped on in its fight to survive. See the continuation of my comment.
As we know, the blasts from incoming bombs & shells blew up sailors & Marines on warships. On aircraft carriers the effect was amplified because blasts often ignited highly flammable gasoline for aircraft, spreading fires fast. Kamikazes, the first guided bombs, added a new dimension by spewing huge fireballs upon impact. Their belly bomb & fires caused some ordnance magazines to explode which cause some ships to quickly sink. See the continuation of my comment.
I have right near on the Saratoga, I live in Rhode Island where it is docked. I have several friends in boy scouts who actually got to go on it. Our local museum is trying to buy it and is close, when happens hopefully i can volunteer to work their. It truly is a shame about the Essex Class Carriers though. We made 24 of those amazing carriers and yet none actually were able to carry out any important missions untill the very end of the war.
Saratoga CV3 was a Lexington Class carrier, 1 of 3 originally planned, USS Lexington was the sister ship, the 3rd was never bulit. Originally the Saratoga was to be built as a cruiser, and was re-designed as a carrier after the keel was laid.
Each of the vessels there that saw action all had stories to tell, acts of heroism and bravery. That they actually took part in a historic event, rather than be scrapped, keeps them alive, in the minds of those who visit the wrecks, and share their experiences. It is great to research the ships, and find out their story, and great when you actually meet or speak to those that were there, or have experiences of life aboard.
I hate they did this! it's a piece of history, if the only took 3 ships it would be ok! but the took the whole fleet!! it's a shame, those ships have done great things for there country and this is how they thank them?
Maybe, but you have to remember that after the war, there were hundreds of redundant ships. The "fleet" was made up of all sorts of vessels, including a couple of Japanese ships and a German cruiser. Many of the vessels were earmarked for the tests as soon as they returned home in 1945. They would otherwise have been scrapped.
Treu, but it's very sad to see those ships sinking to there death, after they fight for there country, Like all german ship! they took them from the bodem of the sea and used them as target ship, it's a piece of history, if we still had those ships now, it' would be Great, like the USS Missouri we still have that ship, it's a piece of history, ALL TOGETHER, ITS WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THOSE SHIPS, R.I.P
My 86 year old uncle was on the ship during the kamikaze hits. He is only now talking to us about it and he gets very emotional, obviously. His best friend was blown up next to him. He had to go away for awhile to get help after the war. He went on to raise his family and is a wonderful, humble man. We never knew the full story until saw information on the internet. I am going to make sure our whole family knows what a great man our uncle really is. I salute all who ever served.
I think that'll be CV60, not CV3, same name different ship! Thhis one sunk in 1946. The CV60 is de-commisioned, and currently a floating hulk. There are moves to make it a museum.
@Lonesharkproductions Hi, from what I just read in another website the Saratoga CV-60 was taken off of donation hold by the Navy because of the lack of funds to make her a floating museum in Quonset Point, RI. She is going to be sunk as an artifical reef somewhere.
My Grandpap was on Saratoga, when Kamikaze's hit, was below deck, half of his left leg was mangled, medics saved it, spent rest of life w/huge metal rod holding it together. Never complained, would brag how Sara the lady, held together & saw majority of crew back to safe port. Sara wasn't called Pacific Tin Can for nothing, not famous like Enterprise, but the experiences of those who served on her shouldn't be forgotten. Talk to these vet's b4we lose them. In their story's real history lives on.
21 Feb 1945 battle at Iwo Jima-5 kamikazes get through Sara's AA fire & hit the ship,spewing huge fireballs,& the force of some hits & their bomb blasts penetrate to hangar deck. Aerial bombs from bombers hit & some penetrate to hangar deck.Fires rage.Firefighters prevent massive explosions of gasoline systems & ordnance.123 crewmen are lost.My dad was a 19 year old 20mm gunner who survived.I lost him in 2003.Talk to some of Sara's old warriors before we lose them all.
correct me if im wrong but i think the sara toger was badly damaged in ww2 and at the end of the war was subjected to the a bomb test in bakini which sent her to the sea bed. wonder if its still radio active.
Yes the Saratoga was badly damaged by kamikaze strikes and also torpedoes throughout her career. She was repaired, and her last job was Operation Magic Carpet, returning service men home from overseas postings. She was then taken to Bikini for Operation Crossroads, where she sank after the Baker blast.
thanks man. so the blast didnt sink her? must have been too badly damaged and radio active for any other use. were there a few jap vessels at the blast site? i heard the the blast sent about 9 ships to the sea bed.
The blast didn't sink her as such, but she sunk several hours later as a result of the effects of the blast. If a crew were aboard, they probably could have saved her, but obviously it was too "hot" to have anyone aboard. The blast took out the smoke stack and the falling sea water stoved in the flight deck. There are 2 Japanese vessels here, HIJMS Sakawa and HIJMS Nagato, the former flag ship.
You know that the baker blast was the follow up to the alpha blast. They first tested with an air blast that didn't sink the Saratoga then they finsished her off with an underwater nuke blast where she finally succumbed.
Haunting! My father served in USS Saratoga in WW2 as a Sub Lt. Fleet Air Arm,(observer) RNZVR Squadron. Before that HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious and other ships. Apparently they were detached from Victorious- too many Brit/Commonwealth squadrons for available RN ships. His only gripe was that USN ships were 'dry' (no grog allowed).He always expressed a high regard for USN seamanship. What a disrectful end to a grand old lady- did she have a wooden deck?
Thanks for your comments. The flight deck was originally timber, much of which has rotted away.There are fragments of wood left however. All US carriers had wooden flight decks, with thin steel sheet below, unlike RN carriers that were armour plated. There are arguments for both, such as the US carriers could repair their decks quickly at sea. A grand old ship, and a great wreck dive, though sadly the conning tower/island has now collapsed...
Thanks for the information. I think that Saratoga and Victorious formed part of the same battle fleet in 1944/5 (?). Vic was damaged at some point by kamikaze attack if I recall correctly what my late father told me and that some FAA aircraft were then taken on to Sara- do you think that is correct? Sara was relatively old by that time I think. I can't remember his squadron number but can find out from family. Not sure about planes but they were American- TBF somethings?
Saratoga was pretty much obsolete by the end of the war, and was in use as a training ship when she was requisitioned for Crossroads. I wasn't aware that RN personnel had served aboard, but not surprised. Planes were Hellcats and Hell divers.
I workrd in Bikini in 1993 setting up the dive facility and infrastructure and we dived on Sara several time,amazing...inspirational. great memories of wonderfull people.
I hope we all can learn from what has occured in the past,..... and not do it again.
Hey! thanks for posting this. My dad served on the Sara in ww2 and survived the many hits at Iwo Jima. He always said it was the great adevnture of his life. Thanks again for the post.
Hi Thanks for the comments. This really is a great wreck, and spending many hours inside, I came accross many of the crews belongings left in lockers etc. Aftershave, sneakers, even paperback books. Great that relatives of those who served on her can see her today.
True, most of it is pretty good shape, however aft of the funnel/ forward elevator, all the deck has collapsed in on itself, which is getting worse each year. The forward section is still pretty intact though, with lots to explore.
Wow. Considering it took an A-bomb to sink it, it's in remarkably good shape. Other than the funnel being downed it looks almost ready to rise up from the depths and sail away!
21 kilotons!!!!!!
fax701 2 months ago
On this Veterans' Day November 11, 2011
I thank all of America's veterans for their
service to our nation, including my greatest
hero, my father, who was a teenage 20mm
anti-aircraft gunner on Saratoga from 1943
to the end of the war. Freedom is never free.
God bless our veterans and God bless
The United States Of America
LoneTinaja 3 months ago
I just watched a very good Documentary of the Bikini Island Atomic Bomb testing. Very interesting
BananaJSSI 4 months ago in playlist the sad history of the island of Bikini
yesterday battles, soldiers forgiven...what is the sense of life, of history? ah..
guillermola 5 months ago
Wow, I seriously want to go there!
KiloByte69 5 months ago
Why do people need to complain so damn much? Shut up and enjoy the vid, take your drama elsewhere...
JoeyLeafRunner 6 months ago
The government waste is that they think nothing of sinking taxpayers dollars,when they could have used captured enemy ships instead.They think it is theirs to waste any way they want to.They use old tanks and trucks as targets all the time!Thats our property they are blowing up!And sinking!
dynodon100 7 months ago
What a pretty and appropriate song. You should add who it is in the description?
CompTechMike 7 months ago
I dont get why they let it blow up.... since there was only 2 ever made (uss saratoga and uss lexington) and since the Lexington sunk they should of left this ship as a museum!!!!!!!!
BlueBig22 7 months ago
Surprised that place is not irradiated
ghostreap 8 months ago
my Uncle was on that ship at Bikini Atol
wisconsinkzracer 9 months ago
Saratoga should've been saved. Just like CV-6 should've been
IDF1987 9 months ago
Saratoga and Lexington were sister ships. So they were identical. Lexington was sunk at the Battle of Coral Sea. Saratoga was in and out of repair facilities for most of the war refits was hit by 2 Submarine torpedoes that took her out of action twice.. She finally really proved her worth late 1942/ Early 1943 on to the end of the war earning several battle honors.
StormU21 9 months ago
My grandfather sailed on her during WW2. Was wounded by kamikaze attack at Iwo Jima. He adored that ship.
trigged 10 months ago
Since the bomb was directly under the Nevada when it went off did the ship get shreded?
95000026 1 year ago
@95000026 Able, the first test of Operation Crossroads, was an air detonation, aimed at the Nevada. It missed. The ship was towed away and scrapped. Baker, the underwater blast was suspended 30m below a barge, and was vapourised.
Lonesharkproductions 1 year ago
@Lonesharkproductions Nevada actually survived both blasts. She was sunk at sea near Pearl as target practice.
NevadaWrangler 11 months ago
@Lonesharkproductions i don't understand why they have to bury huge chunk of metals in the ocean. can't they at least salvage it?
newcomer9747 11 months ago
@newcomer9747 This is a very remote location, so the costs of salvaging anything would be immense, and far outweigh any money made from the scrap, or historical value of these ships. Take into account the environmental hazards, such as heavy fuel oil (which still leaks from the Sara), unexploded ordnance, and possible radioactive material from the silts in and around the wreck, this just isn't going to happen.
Lonesharkproductions 11 months ago
@Lonesharkproductions i see. i suppose it's more of the radioactive particles than anything else. how much would a dive in the atoll cost?
newcomer9747 11 months ago
@newcomer9747 Less an issue of radioactivity, just everything elese that's there, and what's the incentive? It was "gifted" to the Bikinian Government by the USA as a resource for Tourism, but since the local airline went bust, it has stopped the dive operation there. Some people try and organise trips, on a live aboard, with restrictions, expect to pay upwards of $7k.
Lonesharkproductions 11 months ago
@Lonesharkproductions i'm sorry to say thats not right. Nevada survived both test and was sunk along with the New York another battleship somewhere off Hawaii. She's never been found since. I for one, beliew she's a ship worth looking for. am I right?
MrKarl250 11 months ago
i hate to see this stuff and what they did to these great american wonders, that are just thrown away, never to be scene again. these were part of history, and this ship, along with the USS. lexington cv - 2 were two of the greatest historical feets ever, they were the first secsessful aircraft carriers. i wish they could have done what they did with the Aircraft carrier in my towns harbor, and make them into memorials and museums.
TheDarkesT44 1 year ago 2
Great video about the Sara, guys!
Just one question, regarding radioactivity. Is it safe after 65 years to swim in that area? Always asked myself that regarding the Sara, Prinz Eugen and other ships wrecked during the atomic tests.
Great footage!
Amurrus 1 year ago
very nice...:-) more of that.
jardaBH 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this video. I'm VERY proud to say my grandpa was on this carrier. I'm glad somebody has not forgotten about the Saratoga.
mschaefer3 1 year ago
Check out the NavSource (an org) website.
Click on Aircraft Carriers. At the photo index click on
Saratoga(CV3). Scroll down to the early 1930's
photo of Sara & Lexington in front of Diamond Head
(166k image). Click on image to bring up a big one.
It is the greatest photo I've ever seen of what I feel
are the 2 most beautiful aircraft carriers ever. Click
on the image to go to closeup & use the horizontal
arrow to move along the full length of the ships.
Tell me what you think.
LoneTinaja 1 year ago
how did the ship go down there
urantay 1 year ago
@urantay - it filled with water ;-) It was one of the target ships for Operation Crossroads, the Atom bomb tests in 1946 at Bikini Atoll, and sank following the Baker (2nd) blast, which was detonated underwater. The hull was ruptured, though the most extensive damage was caused by water falling onto the flight deck, from the "mushroom cloud".
Lonesharkproductions 1 year ago
@Lonesharkproductions which toppled the smoke stack and flooded the rest of the ship
sg10nike 1 year ago
@urantay nuclear testing it was a test ship that place was where they tested the A bomb
1axlzero 1 year ago
@urantay thank you
urantay 1 year ago
and more... MONTANA!!!
rjznhjkfkmnltk 1 year ago
Saratoga... Ticonderoga... i like this names
rjznhjkfkmnltk 1 year ago
I wished I would have a Model of this ship!
TheMe110 1 year ago
my dad was on the old Sara right up until the blast, watched her sink from the beach and even saw the explosions through welding goggles. I grew up on his stories, and indirectly my patriotism was born on her decks. of course only through God's grace was I ever born the fire at 3:28 is from Iwo Jima a week prior to that battle dad's battle station was changed from battery one. during that attack only one man on that battery survived a direct hit. thanks for posting freedom is not free.
backcreekqurtet 1 year ago
We went out there to try and reopen the island for diving. They like being the victim and have their hand out!
advise01 1 year ago
Lol! I know what you mean! Well if you are ever successful, and need a dive guide...... ;-)
Lonesharkproductions 1 year ago
are the islands still irradiated?
gasflame62 2 years ago
Depends who you ask....The ground water and soil are contaminated with ceasium, however, plants could be eaten if you use pottassium as a fertiliser, as it displaces the ceasium. Just walking around on the islands however, willl give you less radiation dose, than living in a big city, or taking a transatlantic flight!
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
so its safe?
gasflame62 2 years ago
Relatively, yes. If you were stopping a week or so, and didn't eat anything grown there. Currently very difficult to visit the islands anyway.
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
oh, govt issues preventing you from going there?
gasflame62 2 years ago
The Bikini Government have suspended the tourist programme, due to finances, and the lack of reliable internal air service within the Marshalls. To get there you need permission, a ship, which is self sufficient, and spare places for Government Officials to accompany you. Currently a trip is being organised to dive there, with a tag of around $16000.
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
this is not a war wreck.... the Bikini Atoll Bomb was a test.... no people were on the ships that were bombed.... these ships fron the "Able" bomb test for Operation Crossroads 1946 should be raised.... My grandpa was a radio operator in the Navy... there were NO people on those ships!
flyingguitarman2727 2 years ago
@flyingguitarman2727 It was actually Baker which sank the Saratoga. Raising these ships is impractical, both due to their location, and condition. As well as the initial damage which sank them 60 years on the bottom has caused a lot of damage. Saratoga has collapsed extensively since this video was taken 5 years ago. All the wrecks are actually owned by the Bikinians/ Marshall Islands Government
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
LOL, the first shot makes her funnel look huuuge! And I like that shot of the plane landing; I think it's slowed down slightly, but not much. Those old biplanes could just about settle vertically onto the deck when the ship was making good speed into the wind. Well, that's an exageration, but you know what I mean. I wish that they hadn't scrapped and sunk all the ships and planes after WWII, but why on Earth raise her again? I mean, RIP, man. She's not in THAT good condition.
justforever96 2 years ago
Sorry Folks but this is... Annoyance of the Totenruhe. I don't know how to translate into English, but it's an element of crime here in Germany.
Totenruhe may mean something like "peace of the dead" / "eternal peace"
Anyway RIP to all the fallen of WW2, friend or foe
DerAusroter 2 years ago
by that do you mean that we are desicrating the graves of the fallen? This was not a war loss, but the result of atomic tests. However many service men did die in operational service. The wreck stands as a monument to the fallen who served on her, and to the folly of man's nuclear ambitions....
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
So the ship was empty when you nuked it?
DerAusroter 2 years ago
The allies, led by the USA, conducted the Atomic tests, on a fleet of redundant and captured vessels. Google Operation Crossroads. There were no personnel on any of the target ships. Debate remains about the "collateral damage" to both the displaced islanders, and servicemen who witnessed and attempted to "clean up" some of the target vessels, and contracted various cancers as a result. So yes, the ships were empty of men.
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
Sir you have my acceptance I don't have any qualms any more. Flush the fishes and go on with your senseless hobby. The coolest things on earth are the senseless things don't you think so? Just like racing right? No other aim than having fun. We would al be Taliban without having fun on senseless things
DerAusroter 2 years ago
"Totenruhe"? That's a cool word, I'm gonna remember it. I agree with you, at least partly. I think that war wrecks should be explored, but not casually for fun. And there should be no idea of taking pieces or raising the ship, ESPECIALLY for profit. Like the asshole who have been selling pieces of Titanic; it's just WRONG! These ships are GRAVES; men DIED on, and in these ships. Yesterday I saw people saying that we should raise the Bismarck. I would be furious if anyone did that.
justforever96 2 years ago
I can follow you that it sounds cool for foreign ears. It's just, in my opinion, a big plus of German language that you can create your own words out of nouns. Which doesn't mean that Totenruhe is my creation, but theoretically you could create your own word by adding two nouns fitting a context. A so called composed noun. Be creative.. Totenlied, Totenruhe, Totentag, Totenstille, Totenbuch, Totenhaus
DerAusroter 2 years ago
So what does "ruhe" mean? I know "Toten" is "death" (Totenkopf = Death's Head). "Tag" = "day", so "Totentag" = "day of the dead" and "Guttentag" is "good day". "Haus" is "house", and "Buch" is "book". I don't know "Ruhe", although I had thought it meant "road" or "place", as in "Karlsruhe" in Berlin, and I don't know "lied" or "stille". German is a cool language, as long as you remember that the only reason the words look so long is that they are actually several words put together!
justforever96 2 years ago
These are not graves, steal all you want, with permission of course
angryfishmonger 2 years ago
wats the song???
hohohohohoe 2 years ago
Don't Hurt Yourself by Marillion, from the album "Marbles"
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
2:59-Grumman TBF Avenger?
Igorek2721 2 years ago
Yup
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
A hero and a legend forever.. Just seeing the flightdeck and the parts of her make me burst into tears... I love the Saratoga..
Tyco200 2 years ago
Saratoga..carried on her sisters spirit...The Blue Ghost of the Coral Sea... May she and the mighty Lexington Live forever in peace... it is a shame that today no one cares to remember her...they love the CV-60...yes a good ship but never to take the Lexington Class Air Craft Carrier Saratoga CV-3
Tyco200 2 years ago
True she could not take the more modern fighter jets of the futer. But with honor and valor like this she should have been a museum ship.. Thanks Shark for this amazing tribute of the legendary Saratoga.
Tyco200 2 years ago
It's a sad waste to a proud ship. At the end of the war and well into the 50's people just wanted to forget WWII and the ships and such were huge reminders....
JoeyLeafRunner 2 years ago
Good images of a great war ship, and great music.
faronthefiddler 2 years ago 3
What I cannot believe is that you all are commenting on how terrible it is that they sunk the Saratoga - what about the people who lived on Bikini and lost their land and livelihood, not to mention the illness from radiation poisoning?
anniepdaher 2 years ago
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fuck them island niggas.
RoyalWarspite 2 years ago
i agree, but people back then did not know the effects of radiation. besides that area was mostly uninhabitated
ckn117 2 years ago 4
32 million people died in WWII. europe was destroyed, Japan was destroyed. The world was changed. It sucks for the people who lived on Bikini, but shit, that's life. What about the Japanese-Americans put into camps on the West Coast, and the people who were sent to the concentration camps? I'm not saying that what happened to the people on Bikini was right, or justifyable, but as far as people who got the shaft because of WWII, the Bikinians got off easy. It's too late to cry about it now.
justforever96 2 years ago 3
@justforever96 Well said.
netanyahu95 1 month ago
@netanyahu95 Thank you.
justforever96 1 month ago
fatdog, the first test was able not alpha. I dove on Sara in the 90's. Mindboggling.
smithgerry 2 years ago
My point was that there was two blasts. The first blast, an air blast failed to sink her. The second blast, named the beta blast, was underwater and did sink her. I figure if the second test was named beta blast, the first test had to be alpha blast.
fatdogtavern 2 years ago
The underwater detonation, number 2 of Crossroads, was named Baker. To be fair, Able, was dropped a way off target, and so damage to the surfaces ships was limited. In addition, it is conceivable that had a crew been on board Saratoga, or reboarded soon after, she could have been saved, as it took several hours to flood from damage sustained.
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
Its criminal they did this to what is in my opinion the proudest of the US carriers, except maybe Enterprise. Saratoga fought all WW2 and her memory was trashed when they did this to her.
Ideal memorial ship!
Tragic.
RIP USS Saratoga, largest US Carrier of WW2.
admiraldma 2 years ago 11
The ship was well past it's prime, she and Lexington CV-2 were built in 1927, there was no way she could handle the more modern jet fighters then coming online, her fate could have been worse, cut up for razor blades, or sunk in deep water as a test target for torpedo and missile tests.
MegaWetwilly 2 years ago
@admiraldma and not only that but it set in motion the Naval Air Warfare strategies when it launched that secret attack on the Panama Canal with aircraft. I hate it when iconic things are destroyed.. i.e. USS Saratoga, IJN Yamato, Hitler's Bunker... It's all great engineering marvels that should be preserved and remembered.
NCOProductions 1 year ago
@admiraldma Saratoga was the oldest carrier to survive the war. She was laid down as a Battlecruiser along with her sister, the Lexington. they were converted to carriers after the Washington Naval treaty limited the number of big gun warships the U.S. Navy could field. Saratoga was heavily damaged several times during the war. & the stresses of blast, damage, & stress born on a hull not designed for the structure built onto it probably made keeping Saratoga as a museum too expensive.
kdraper2007 1 year ago
@admiraldma i do think they made a new USS Saratoga
wolfy88712 1 year ago
@wolfy88712 Its not the same though is it. A memorial ship has to be one that served in a war. If you named a new liner Titanic, it doesn't make it the same as the original!
admiraldma 1 year ago
@admiraldma I understand what you mean, but I'm not sure that a better alternate fate awaited her. In 1946 she was ruled obsolete, and obsolete ships (and planes, etc) usually had a date with the scrap yard. Since WW2 just ended, she was more likely to be broken up than turned into a museum. I prefer to see it this way: she was a soldier and she died a soldier's death, and with honor to boot; the enemy never defeated her. At least I think Oliver Wendell Holmes would have preferred it this way.
HooseBinPharteen 1 year ago
@HooseBinPharteen your comment does not make sense, as several US navy WW2 ships that had seen lots of action (Texas, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Alabama) were made into museums, so why not Saratoga?? I visited Missouri at Pearl Harbour and its fantastic! Would have loved to have toured the flight deck of the mighty Sara' and imagined being one of those AA gunners trying to stop a Val dive bomber or Kate torpedo bomber. Instead this proud ship is on the bottom of the sea??
admiraldma 1 year ago
@admiraldma Because restoring & preserving a capital ship costs millions of dollars, plus yearly upkeep; it either falls upon the taxpayer or upon enormous donations. And they need a 1000 ft. permanent berth. The Iowa was donated but almost did not find a berth at all. You mentioned less than a dozen ships that were converted into museums; there were hundreds left over after the war, many just as historic as Sara. The military needed a large test ship. Which carrier would you prefer they nuked?
HooseBinPharteen 1 year ago
@HooseBinPharteen They should have used one of the many Essex class that were left after the war, but I suppose they would have been too new to nuke. They should have kept Sara and not kept as many of the Battleships. At least they did keep some, us brits have got nothing to show for our war record. We scrapped every single one of our major ships, except a light cruiser, Belfast!! Woo hoo!!
admiraldma 1 year ago
My grandfather was on her during the war. He did when I was 5 so I never got to hear any stories about her, only the one's my grandmother passed on. She especially remembers how pissed he was when they sank her. When I got married 15 years ago my grandmother gave me his wedding band. The inscription reads A.M. to J.K. 11/20/41. Two weeks later we were at war. I don't wear a watch or any other jewelry, just the ring that he wore while he served on the Saratoga.
fatdogtavern 2 years ago
What a sad waste,, just for A bomb testing, should have been perserves as a musem. cant belive they even trashed the TBF avengers,, nice 500 pounders by the way,, that would be live ordnance.
raider404 2 years ago
thanks for sharing this, L!
misaclaudiu 2 years ago
My granpa was an aircraft mechanic on that ship.
p38nightlightning 2 years ago 2
nice radioactive ship.not worth the health risks.
REXTRACK 2 years ago
You actually absorb more radiation from the flight from the USA to the Marshall Islands, than you do spending a year living on the islands......
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
Where are they keeping that plane??If that were true the Bikinians would be back living there and sadly they are not.They have had their own hired scientists and the soil is still radioactive down to 6 ft.Bikini was never scraped.When the wind blows you breath it and gets on your skin, clothes, and forget about growing anything without lots and lots of potassium..But i guess you are smarter then the scientists that did these tests and the Bikinians still living elsewhere.Life is short enuf .
REXTRACK 2 years ago
Well I did live there, and I did speak to the scientists that regularly visit from John Hopkins, so I am informed. True there is radiation in the soil, and in the water table. Potasssium is more easily taken up than ceasium, so there are things that can be done. The US have stated that it is safe to live there, so could be repopulated, however, there is nothing there, no infrastructure. Politically, "moving back" does not help the Bikinians claim for reperations, but I can't say i blame them.
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
It's not radioactive anymore. That was a long time ago.
justforever96 2 years ago
Awsome ship. Long live the ghost of the bikini atoll. Some one should raise her. She was an awsome ship. anyways great vid i faved it and awsome song.
KyleLexington 2 years ago
i'm going to sound like a sypathetic fool but someone raise her!! Call Clive Cussler!
pramboy74 2 years ago
well there is 11b101abn they remade the uss saratoga into a better one. Besides did all of the crew die or some died and some escape?
laffytaffyx3 2 years ago
It was a test, so no-one was on board.
Lonesharkproductions 2 years ago
Amazingly well done video.
She's not dead, she more alive and useful than ever: artificial reef.
gyanniflying 3 years ago
Whats the name of the song?
MaxTheMann 3 years ago
Don't Hurt Yourself, from Marbles, by Marillion
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
Thanks, nice video!
MaxTheMann 3 years ago
why americans sacrifice this ship? bcause they are demented,,,, this was a most beatiful carrier WW2
zuzankabee 3 years ago
It was a different time, following WW2, Saratoga was nearly 20 years old, and obsolete, due to new, larger, faster aircraft. After hostilities, there was a huge number of redundant ships and aircraft. A small number were used in the atomic tests, which was as much a showcase to the world at large, as it was a "test" of whether an atomic bomb couls sink a battleship, or indeed an aircraft carrier.
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
I would love to see another capitol ship bear the name Saratoga.
The names of these older carriers should not fade into history.
11b101abn 3 years ago 12
Agreed. The Saratoga would suit a new ship, now if only someone in the USN would realize it
Falkirion 2 years ago
@11b101abn you might check & see if there isn't an Ticonderoga class cruiser named Saratoga, the Tico's got named after Battles from American history.
kdraper2007 1 year ago
1.41 are those bombs?
phonix032 3 years ago
yes, 2x 500lbs bombs
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
Thanks! I'm seeing them in 2 days!
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
Always blows my mind to hear a Marillion song on one of these vids! Gonna be seeing them in a few months!
pythag123 3 years ago 2
I was a sailor ships company S-3 Div. on the Sara in 1977-80. What a cool ship,and great friends forever!
whipkeys 3 years ago
Well, Hello Shipmate. I was onboard the SARA from 1975-79...E-Div and V-2.
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9977667552480 3 years ago
Continuing on - In the aftermath of the battle
at Iwo Jima one of Saratoga's photographers'
mates made some photos of the scene. Some of
the photos are gruesome, and they barely begin
to show just how bad it really was. After naval battles in WWII the dead were buried at
sea. There would be no graves for the families
of the fallen to visit. On Resurrection Day
the sea will give up its dead.
albefeld 3 years ago
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albefeld 3 years ago
I have right near on the Saratoga, I live in Rhode Island where it is docked. I have several friends in boy scouts who actually got to go on it. Our local museum is trying to buy it and is close, when happens hopefully i can volunteer to work their. It truly is a shame about the Essex Class Carriers though. We made 24 of those amazing carriers and yet none actually were able to carry out any important missions untill the very end of the war.
ZMailloux 3 years ago
Saratoga CV3 was a Lexington Class carrier, 1 of 3 originally planned, USS Lexington was the sister ship, the 3rd was never bulit. Originally the Saratoga was to be built as a cruiser, and was re-designed as a carrier after the keel was laid.
The ship in Rhode Island is CV60.
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
nice vid, but kinda sad
Zdaytona05 3 years ago
Yes jumperwtc, your right... i heard they even used the USS Nevade in the test :o
That's the reason i have my channel, í only have 3 video from now, but there will be more soon!
Memorial4Ships 3 years ago
Each of the vessels there that saw action all had stories to tell, acts of heroism and bravery. That they actually took part in a historic event, rather than be scrapped, keeps them alive, in the minds of those who visit the wrecks, and share their experiences. It is great to research the ships, and find out their story, and great when you actually meet or speak to those that were there, or have experiences of life aboard.
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
I hate they did this! it's a piece of history, if the only took 3 ships it would be ok! but the took the whole fleet!! it's a shame, those ships have done great things for there country and this is how they thank them?
Shame America!
jumperwtc 3 years ago
Maybe, but you have to remember that after the war, there were hundreds of redundant ships. The "fleet" was made up of all sorts of vessels, including a couple of Japanese ships and a German cruiser. Many of the vessels were earmarked for the tests as soon as they returned home in 1945. They would otherwise have been scrapped.
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
Treu, but it's very sad to see those ships sinking to there death, after they fight for there country, Like all german ship! they took them from the bodem of the sea and used them as target ship, it's a piece of history, if we still had those ships now, it' would be Great, like the USS Missouri we still have that ship, it's a piece of history, ALL TOGETHER, ITS WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THOSE SHIPS, R.I.P
jumperwtc 3 years ago 2
My 86 year old uncle was on the ship during the kamikaze hits. He is only now talking to us about it and he gets very emotional, obviously. His best friend was blown up next to him. He had to go away for awhile to get help after the war. He went on to raise his family and is a wonderful, humble man. We never knew the full story until saw information on the internet. I am going to make sure our whole family knows what a great man our uncle really is. I salute all who ever served.
jubalgranma 3 years ago
my uncle served on that ship in Vietnam
ltz250boy 3 years ago
I think that'll be CV60, not CV3, same name different ship! Thhis one sunk in 1946. The CV60 is de-commisioned, and currently a floating hulk. There are moves to make it a museum.
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
@Lonesharkproductions Hi, from what I just read in another website the Saratoga CV-60 was taken off of donation hold by the Navy because of the lack of funds to make her a floating museum in Quonset Point, RI. She is going to be sunk as an artifical reef somewhere.
warhawk40 1 year ago
excellent!
mk3stargazer 3 years ago
My Grandpap was on Saratoga, when Kamikaze's hit, was below deck, half of his left leg was mangled, medics saved it, spent rest of life w/huge metal rod holding it together. Never complained, would brag how Sara the lady, held together & saw majority of crew back to safe port. Sara wasn't called Pacific Tin Can for nothing, not famous like Enterprise, but the experiences of those who served on her shouldn't be forgotten. Talk to these vet's b4we lose them. In their story's real history lives on.
IrishLinB 3 years ago
yea, old sara should've been made a floating museum,not a wreck on the bottom
HUNDLEYGUY95 3 years ago
albefeld 3 years ago
15 kamikazes attack Saratoga February 21, 1945
at Iwo Jima. 5 hit the ship. When one hits the
flight deck its 550lb bomb doesn't explode but
slides across the deck into a 40mm gun group,
explodes, killing all the men in the group.
During the battle my dad fights as a 20mm
gunner. 123 crewmen are lost. On Resurrection
Day the sea will give up our American heroes.
albefeld 3 years ago
Thank you so much for this video. Sara deserved better, at least she went down fighting, and settled like the lady she is.
sgtgoblin 3 years ago 2
correct me if im wrong but i think the sara toger was badly damaged in ww2 and at the end of the war was subjected to the a bomb test in bakini which sent her to the sea bed. wonder if its still radio active.
emilyabbie 4 years ago 2
Yes the Saratoga was badly damaged by kamikaze strikes and also torpedoes throughout her career. She was repaired, and her last job was Operation Magic Carpet, returning service men home from overseas postings. She was then taken to Bikini for Operation Crossroads, where she sank after the Baker blast.
Lonesharkproductions 4 years ago
thanks man. so the blast didnt sink her? must have been too badly damaged and radio active for any other use. were there a few jap vessels at the blast site? i heard the the blast sent about 9 ships to the sea bed.
emilyabbie 4 years ago 2
The blast didn't sink her as such, but she sunk several hours later as a result of the effects of the blast. If a crew were aboard, they probably could have saved her, but obviously it was too "hot" to have anyone aboard. The blast took out the smoke stack and the falling sea water stoved in the flight deck. There are 2 Japanese vessels here, HIJMS Sakawa and HIJMS Nagato, the former flag ship.
Lonesharkproductions 3 years ago
Thanks for the info . i guess no ship has a happy ending wether it`s cut up in a scrap yard or used in experiments etc. keep the good video`s coming.
emilyabbie 3 years ago 2
You know that the baker blast was the follow up to the alpha blast. They first tested with an air blast that didn't sink the Saratoga then they finsished her off with an underwater nuke blast where she finally succumbed.
fatdogtavern 2 years ago
Haunting! My father served in USS Saratoga in WW2 as a Sub Lt. Fleet Air Arm,(observer) RNZVR Squadron. Before that HMS Illustrious, HMS Victorious and other ships. Apparently they were detached from Victorious- too many Brit/Commonwealth squadrons for available RN ships. His only gripe was that USN ships were 'dry' (no grog allowed).He always expressed a high regard for USN seamanship. What a disrectful end to a grand old lady- did she have a wooden deck?
oldbutty 4 years ago 2
Thanks for your comments. The flight deck was originally timber, much of which has rotted away.There are fragments of wood left however. All US carriers had wooden flight decks, with thin steel sheet below, unlike RN carriers that were armour plated. There are arguments for both, such as the US carriers could repair their decks quickly at sea. A grand old ship, and a great wreck dive, though sadly the conning tower/island has now collapsed...
Lonesharkproductions 4 years ago
Thanks for the information. I think that Saratoga and Victorious formed part of the same battle fleet in 1944/5 (?). Vic was damaged at some point by kamikaze attack if I recall correctly what my late father told me and that some FAA aircraft were then taken on to Sara- do you think that is correct? Sara was relatively old by that time I think. I can't remember his squadron number but can find out from family. Not sure about planes but they were American- TBF somethings?
oldbutty 4 years ago 2
Saratoga was pretty much obsolete by the end of the war, and was in use as a training ship when she was requisitioned for Crossroads. I wasn't aware that RN personnel had served aboard, but not surprised. Planes were Hellcats and Hell divers.
Lonesharkproductions 4 years ago
Great video. MY Uncle served on her in WWII and was able to watch the sinking.
barndoorski 4 years ago
I workrd in Bikini in 1993 setting up the dive facility and infrastructure and we dived on Sara several time,amazing...inspirational. great memories of wonderfull people.
I hope we all can learn from what has occured in the past,..... and not do it again.
Steve Leyland
Bikini Field Station Aug 1992-Dec 1992
lotrredwindmill 4 years ago
where did you get the ww2 footage
MurphDog2007 4 years ago
Does anyone now the artist who plays this great song??? It makes me fell in dreams.
htschlaubi 4 years ago
Hi, The song is "Don't Hurt Yourself" by Marillion. The song is on the excellent album "Marbles".
Check out marillion dot com
Cheers Chris
Lonesharkproductions 4 years ago
Happy Memories! Many Thanks!
Wish we'd been able to have some more freedom on her.. two hour penetration dives on open circuit aren't enough ;)
Any ideas on when the promised book by Fabio is due out?
richZed 4 years ago
Hey! thanks for posting this. My dad served on the Sara in ww2 and survived the many hits at Iwo Jima. He always said it was the great adevnture of his life. Thanks again for the post.
strato46 4 years ago 2
Hi Thanks for the comments. This really is a great wreck, and spending many hours inside, I came accross many of the crews belongings left in lockers etc. Aftershave, sneakers, even paperback books. Great that relatives of those who served on her can see her today.
Cheers! Chris
Lonesharkproductions 4 years ago
True, most of it is pretty good shape, however aft of the funnel/ forward elevator, all the deck has collapsed in on itself, which is getting worse each year. The forward section is still pretty intact though, with lots to explore.
Lonesharkproductions 5 years ago
Wow. Considering it took an A-bomb to sink it, it's in remarkably good shape. Other than the funnel being downed it looks almost ready to rise up from the depths and sail away!
masgtai 5 years ago
ok... this was great!!!!
Saturnmoon20 5 years ago
awesome
spoonieshaft 5 years ago