13 years after being filmed this is very high quality!
@krautyvonlederhosen10 ай бұрын
In ‘97, video evidence proved that the ship actually broke in two as reported by the only two survivors. The company had maintained that it was the captains fault for going into the storm and the ship was intact. The company agreed to pay only 1.3million for the 33 missing crewmen total. The ship was going to the shipyard that offseason to replace the hundreds of missing rivets that were repaired with carriage bolts installed at the company’s discretion. This was the last trip before the shipyard.
@krautyvonlederhosen10 ай бұрын
These divers are working at over 300ft down.
@jr287787 ай бұрын
Thats fucked up
@DannyWildmen3 ай бұрын
@@jr28778 not all that much has really changed. It's called capitalism. Greed drives the system. They never did care about the little people that work.
@darthtrudeau49074 жыл бұрын
Even though the Bradley wasn’t the largest freighter to sink on the lakes it’s still crazy to think about how these massive ships can sink on the Great Lakes
@CriticalMaster953 жыл бұрын
Well, she was the second-largest freighter to sink on the lakes (behind only the Edmund Fitzgerald of course), and the largest to sink on Lake Michigan.
@xkm-thebasetecchannel38232 жыл бұрын
They are made of iron and can actually sink!
@jeffpotipco7362 жыл бұрын
@@xkm-thebasetecchannel3823 too much sulfur. Brittle.
@greenshoesguy1 Жыл бұрын
True, but the Bradley was the largest ship on the Great Lakes when it sank in 1958. Only the Edmund Fitzgerald was larger.
@darthtrudeau4907 Жыл бұрын
@@greenshoesguy1 I know…
@Gabrocol2 жыл бұрын
what's so sad about this is the zebra muscles that have clinged on to every surface of the wreck, it comes to show you just how much it has taken over our lakes.
@arfshesaid43252 жыл бұрын
ya disgusting, where did this crap originate?
@Gabrocol2 жыл бұрын
@@arfshesaid4325 mother russia
@jamesmccarthy5086 Жыл бұрын
Holy. 375 feet down! I had no idea people could dive that deep without a special suit. Wow. Thank you for the footage.
@jr287787 ай бұрын
I think it's called saturation diving and I know EXTREME caution must be exercised whenever it's done because people do die from it often
@jamesmccarthy50867 ай бұрын
@@jr28778 do they have to do anything different to dive this deep?
@scottburns66957 жыл бұрын
That was very good. Thanks for sharing your work. For years the Bradley was kind of a mystery as to what the wreck looked like so it's great to finally get an awesome insight into it!
@jlions722 жыл бұрын
Good lord how can they dive that deep ..that alone is very scary
@danw60142 ай бұрын
The funny thing is, if the ship was in one piece and you stood it up on end, half of it would be out of the water.
@jmartin97852 жыл бұрын
Great job guys, thanks! I like the way that you stayed on the objects for a long time, then got it from a different angle, lots of light, gave us time "to be there" ! Very professional, thanks again!👍
@stantaylor33502 жыл бұрын
WOW! 370 feet, that was a deep dive!
@Brock_Landers2 жыл бұрын
Wow, I just watched a documentary on this ship and when I scrolled down, there was your video. This was awesome to see. Thanks!
@Del-Canada3 жыл бұрын
SS Carl D. Bradley was a self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm on November 18, 1958. Of the 35 crew members, 33 died in the sinking.
@ronaldprice70292 жыл бұрын
My dad was on the Bradley when it went down. Gary Norman Price is fascinating to look at this and think that this was where he spent his last living moments.
@JohnnyDanger369637 ай бұрын
@@ronaldprice7029my dad ,also,was on the bradley. God,i now see his Grave.God Bless!
@jirish195713 жыл бұрын
Fascinating footage. I see the zebra mussels have been busy.
@wendygoerl91627 жыл бұрын
I HOPE those aren't zebra mussels. If they are, they ought to raise her and torch her to contain the spread.
@dougbell98527 жыл бұрын
They are quagga mussels, big brother to the zebra. Zebra's and quagga'a are all over lake Michigan, torching the Bradley or any other wrk would have no impact whatsoever
@steffeness15 жыл бұрын
@@dougbell9852 Can't recall whether these mussels eventually eat away the woodwork on these different shipwrecks in the Great Lakes?
@jasonflowers41734 жыл бұрын
Aric Stephen I don’t believe they do unlike the saltwater wrecks. There’s wrecks in the Great Lakes made from wood covered with muscles that are hundreds of years old.
@funnelvortex77223 жыл бұрын
The mussels don’t break down the ship structure. They simply stick themselves onto a surface then filter feed microorganisms in the water. Any concern to the wreck itself would be the added weight, but the wrecks in the lakes are so well preserved they are often structurally sound with old wooden ship wrecks being intact to the point of looking like a sunken pirate ship from a fantasy Hollywood movie. I wouldn’t worry about the wrecks when it comes to the mussels, they’ll be fine, the real worry is the damage the mussels are causing the lake ecosystem. The good news is that it’s thought the mussels will eventually starve themselves out of the system, but the bad news is they will likely take down more than a few lake native species with them. Also torching the wreck site or another mussel site would do nothing as they will all be back in under a year, might as well not waste the money. They are trying to find ways to exterminate the mussels but the issue remains finding a way to reduce collateral damage to the ecosystem while doing so and doing it cost-effectively.
@barnacles625 ай бұрын
An eerie stillness....
@gteagle20045 жыл бұрын
“There’s nothing that you can do Mr. Flemming.”
@plokoon191210 ай бұрын
"There’s nothin' you can do,” said the Captain to the crew The spar deck was awash, it’s gettin' wetter
@twrecks4598 Жыл бұрын
very nice footage! I hope someone will do a 4k or 8k production on this wreck, fully detailing it in high def. Nice work!
@quietone2916 Жыл бұрын
It’s time for a update on this ship I agree new footage would be greatly appreciated
@kelliebrooks90942 жыл бұрын
Im amazed how the micro organisms move right in like thank u barnacle in
@chrisguerra355 Жыл бұрын
Very respectful, eerie music..can you please show the break between the bow and stern? That is the focal point of the sinking- thanks guys!
@kelliebrooks90942 жыл бұрын
Im always amazed that much steel floats....
@cc88795 жыл бұрын
I came for the wreckage video, but man does the music sound like it's from Metroid prime
@strider59644 жыл бұрын
I got Half-Life vibes instead lol
@hoppinonabronzeleg9477 Жыл бұрын
It was 64 years ago today!
@tonyricebutwithahangover8564 жыл бұрын
Is that the starboard life davit that’s shown? If it is, a couple of the crew struggled with that lifeboat. Elmer Fleming remembered watching Paul Horn, Erhardt Felax, and Al Boehmer try to disengage the starboard lifeboat with a fire axe, because the davit cable got tangled. He was on the pilot house as this was happening, and it rolled just after this occurrence.
@corndogextreme88875 жыл бұрын
That white paint has held up well
@cc88795 жыл бұрын
@Vinyl Junkie lol
@wirelessone29863 жыл бұрын
Lead does wonders for paint...best paint in the world
@scottyb683 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to bring a dust buster with them. Those mussels are ruining all these wrecks.
@lupanarmetalico9169 Жыл бұрын
Great video
@BMan1002 жыл бұрын
it's like borderline ready to just be cleaned up and would look as good as new, freaky...
@kelliebrooks90942 жыл бұрын
Very nice tour an photography....nice done....very clear.....how deep
@mikeypiros66472 жыл бұрын
I'd love to have scraper and scrap them muscles , it would be so satisfying !
@erichonecker10104 жыл бұрын
Why dose this shipwreck not get all the attention and remembrance as the Edmund Fitzgerald does? It sank in similar circumstances. It broke apart like the Fitz did and it cost more lives?
@jmartin97852 жыл бұрын
@@donnhate9081 Yep, l have to agree with that for sure!👍
@packr722 жыл бұрын
The Fitz is considered a bit of a mystery since the ship basically disappeared in an instant. No distress calls, just silence. The Bradley sank slower and there were survivors.
@bradleynelson5915 Жыл бұрын
Was there a famous song written about it? That could have something to do with it. Just saying......
@choxxxieful Жыл бұрын
Gordon Lightfoot was not informed...
@michaelsnodgrass18089 ай бұрын
The Bradley’s crew families didn’t demand things things like the Fitz families did!!!!
@twrecks4598 Жыл бұрын
wish there was a way to get the mussels off the wreck... makes me sad to see her like that
@kelliebrooks90942 жыл бұрын
That bell is original or has it been ceronmonously exchanged looks clean
@jeffirish3402 Жыл бұрын
The bell was exchanged for a commemorative bell with the names of her crew. This was also done on the Fitzgerald.
@craigcricket79322 жыл бұрын
How did you get the music to play while you were down there?
@dimebagdave772 жыл бұрын
Sebastian the crab and his All Starfish Band..after the synth pop metroid floyd number they did a rippin' version of Kiss De Girl
@meikooceans12 жыл бұрын
It seems like this class of lake freighters don't handle the storms of the great lakes very well. Which gives support to the claim that the great lakes are ONE of the most dangerous bodies of water a ship can sail on.
@wendygoerl91627 жыл бұрын
The metallurgy wasn't as well-developed when she was built. They didn't understand what cold water did to high-sulfur steels.
@dougbell98527 жыл бұрын
The Bradley was build in 1927, and was one of the busiest freighters on the Great Lakes and enjoyed a long and productive life. She was getting old and in need of repair, missing many rivets and had rusting cargo holds. Her sinking really had nothing to do with metallurgy and everything to do with age and condition.
@steffeness15 жыл бұрын
@@dougbell9852 Violent Storm broke her in half as it has a few other ships on the Great Lakes?
@Lanky415 жыл бұрын
As one of the comments say she was old and in need of repair unfortunately she never got the repair and we'll now she's sits at the buttom of the great Lakes
@dknowles603 жыл бұрын
@@dougbell9852 corp greed
@mikeray15443 жыл бұрын
Damn zebra mussels-
@RIPPERTON2 жыл бұрын
Forgot to show the split in the hull.
@golem9291 Жыл бұрын
Na ilu jest metrach
@waynerafferty10482 жыл бұрын
If 33 died on this ship why is not declared a grave site like the edmond fitzgerald and no diving aloud
@robertschultz69226 ай бұрын
The biggest difference is the Edmund Fitzgeralds crew are still probably in the ship and as such it’s like a graveyard and they Bradley crew died mostly in the water and are not in the hull. Personally I’d like to see one last dive on the fitz to recover the log books but I can see the families reasons why they don’t want it
@kelliebrooks90942 жыл бұрын
It was 500 feet wasnt it
@brownwrench2 жыл бұрын
Neglected and abused ship.
@quietone2916 Жыл бұрын
Your ignorance is pathetic
@jr287787 ай бұрын
Lol wtf
@jameswilson14077 ай бұрын
Zebra Mussels!
@jeffpotipco7368 ай бұрын
Could have done without the techno sound track.
@mikegillaspy17213 жыл бұрын
Too bad fitz landed upside down
@raymondleggs55082 жыл бұрын
only fitz's stern is upside down
@MrGator-er1li3 жыл бұрын
She can probably be raised. Amazing condition.
@ted_kaczynski2 жыл бұрын
Are you actually serious
@MrGator-er1li2 жыл бұрын
@@ted_kaczynski who knows i don't remember ever making this comment it's literally from a year ago. don't care about this type of stuff anymore
@TheRealDill932 жыл бұрын
@@MrGator-er1li what do you mean you don’t care about this stuff? What kind of stuff? Shipwrecks or just talking crap with others on KZbin?
@MrGator-er1li2 жыл бұрын
@@TheRealDill93 the fuck do you want, bud? i'm just saying i don't care about whatever this is about anymore. the damn comment is from nearly a year ago
@TheRealDill932 жыл бұрын
@@MrGator-er1li I was just curious if you were talking about a loss of interest of shipwrecks. I was wondering what caused that. Didn’t mean anything by it.
@quietone291610 ай бұрын
Time for updated footage this time complete coverage the whole ship including interior fore and aft