Diving The Star Of Scotland -Santa Monica, CA (yt3d:enable=true)

Finally, a local place that I haven't dove before!

I was invited to go aboard The Island Diver to dive the Star Of Scotland wreck - built in 1918 for World War I, the ship eventually was anchored off the coast in the 1920s, in international waters, and provided alcohol, gambling and prostitution services to customers who were ferried to the ship.

After prohibition ended, the ship was turned into a fishing barge.

There's speculation that the ship was in disrepair, and the many small boats that hit the sides over the years, weakened the integrity of the hull.

In 1942, a heavy storm hit, and The Star of Scotland took on more water than it could pump out.

A distress call was made to the Coast Guard - when they arrived, the ship suddenly sank within 30 seconds.

Three crew members were rescued, one died - apparently, those were the only ones on board.

From Redondo Beach, the trip to Santa Monica waters only took 55 minutes in the mighty Island Diver.

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