Wreck of a Destroyer, The USS Vammen

In August , Capt. Ray Arntz took Kendall Raine and I out for quite an opportunity. With the help of Scott Brooks, who generously elected to give up his chance to dive the wreck so he could act as our safety diver, we dove the wreck of the USS Vammen (DE-644), a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort which saw service in WWII, Korea and Vietnam before ending her career as a target vessel off San Clemente Island in 1971 as part of the Navy's Condor Missile testing program.

The wreck's location was first identified by Gary Fabian in December and confirmed by Capt. Ray Arntz in January of this year.

Check out more on the dive and the history of the USS Vammen at ub88.org or use the link below
http://www.ub88.org/researchprojects/ussvammen/uss-vammen.html

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[pacificcoast101]

I love the shot at 3:40 when you race toward the Chimney sponges and squarespot rockfish.

[Sakul1321]

whats the depth of this wreck?