USS Spiegel Grove

At the time this video was made, the Grove was the largest Aritifical reef in the world. Located in Key Largo, Fl, It is now the second largest artificial reef. The Oriskany is the largest. Ships are sunk to make artificial reefs. This is a great scuba diving trip.

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• scuba
• underwater
• dive
• diving
• reef
• wreck
• ship
• sink
• Oriskany
• key
• largo
• florida

[phonlik]

You have answered it 5 times but you havent thought to change the info in the title yet have you? Not hard is it?

[ngineer]

@phonlik ...I would have to find the original video and then change it, upload it etc. It would not be hard, but I am not sure where the original video is right now.

[pingusiapingusia]

what music is it???Pleas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[ngineer]

@pingusiapingusia The name of the song is lunatic fringe

[mikescott53]

The Oriskany is now the largest reef, off Pensacola, Fl. I served on her in 1974 to 1976.

[CaptainAmerica322]

My dad was on that ship as the navigator for 4 years.

[23tbob]

The stern of the Spiegel somehow sank before they wanted it to, so the bow was still above water. Then when they "blew" the charges and it did sink it came to rest on it's side -- and not upright like they wanted it to. About a year later some wave action from a hurricane some distance away actually tipped it upright -- so Mother Nature fixed it! My daughter lives in Key Largo and is a mate on a diving boat. If you do a Google on the Spiegel Grove it's pretty interesting.....

[skorpeon450]

@weytyn4god which is why he added a comment to the video.

[Squarerig]

Still with her anchors and cables aboard.Does no one know what these items cost today?

[TheOp879]

sinking ships like that doesn't seem to make any sense to me. not trying to get any answers at all tho so don't try please.

[giannivee1]

don't think the Oriskany, an actual aircraft carrier is a bigger reef? not to mention many who became reefs unintentionally, Saratoga, Yorktown, lexington????

[knottide64]

I dove the Grove off of Key Largo this past summer!!! It was a great dive, but had some current. If you really want to view her well, you will need to make multiple dives.

[metalhead1237]

awsome the ship was like 500 ans ome feet long and were it sank was only 130 feet deet so part of the ship stick out of the water that awsome

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

@jonesy97 Well, if you have the "credentials" and the money, look into talking to a group called Evergreen Aviation. I believe they are the ones who manage that property, and you might be able to snag a retiree out of the mix if it's cleared.

[shiyboy4]

i take it the sinking went wrong, i know that normally when a ship is scuttled it is ideal for her to straight down and sit on the ocean floor in the upright position, can be hard to do but i know thats what they usually try to do.

[weytyn4god]

@phonlik I thought the USN Flat top that was sunk recently is the biggest artificial reef ? USS Oriskany I beleive?