🇲🇭 Ep. 1: Tech Scuba Diving Historical Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) Wreck | Bikini Atoll

[@vvbfilms]

Congratulations Alejandro! You are taking your videos to an even higher level of content, production and execution. Brilliant!

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

I wanted this particular video to be something different! so, thanks for the comment!! Now, Nagato and Prinz Eugen should be similar!!!

[@JC-IV]

Just subscribed! Looking forward to more content, very well produced and honestly these types of dive site overviews with historical contexts are sorely needed

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Welcome to the club! I'm so glad you like the format! It takes a lot of work to research and put together the history section (specially in wrecks like this one 😅) but it delivers a better rounded story right?

[@mabelrebora2423]

Impresionante video!! La edición de imágenes, música y referencias es impecable!!! Además el registro histórico es excelente!!! FELICITACIONES 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Gracias!!! A ver cómo sigue!

[@martinnovak4864]

Once again you have my admiration! The video is incredibly packed with informations and top-notch technically processed (blueprints of the ship, mini maps, etc.) Keep it up!

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks Martin! this one went out and started on the Nagato video right away! I so glad this one was well received, thanks for your comments!!

[@chetwalker2903]

Ill never be able to see this in person so thank you for taking us there and the great history. Good job!

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Chet, thanks so much for watching! I hope it brought the feeling of being there for you.

[@ddafg]

Incredible video! Congrats! So much information packed in there! I love the live clips from that era.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thank you Didier! those clips were somewhat of a find, and I have some more in store for the next releases hehehe Once again thanks for sharing your footage too!

[@peterneubauer9712]

Love your videos, I like the way you organize them. Clear and concise.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks Peter!! this one was not "concise" per se heheh (believe me I tried!)

[@andrecandrade]

So good it should be made into a documentry 🎉🎉🎉

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks Bud!! some day! some day!

[@filoudiver]

now this is wreck diving video!astonishing!!!!😍

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

[@ceciliatrujillo9833]

Brillant ❤👏👏 all the video is amazing! What an adventure! Thank you for the history and for sharing your experience

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thank you for your comment!! More to come! 💕💕

[@diegoromangimenez]

Such an incredible adventure! Really Astonishing

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks for the comment Diego. It was truly something else!

[@Andy206wrc]

Un lujo de video 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Gracias Andy! Hay una versión en español en el canal @ISDCenEspañol también! Abrazo!

[@leighsutton8840]

Your Saratoga history was fascinating

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks!! Tried to make it as condensed as possible! It turned out well 😀

[@davidwhitcombe9378]

Brilliant video,I loved it ,well done

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks David!! Glad you liked it!

[@thesquid2611]

Awesome. :)

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks for the visit! Now let's work on that Nagato video!

[@Lonesharkproductions]

Good Job.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Many thanks!

[@johnslaughter5475]

According to what I read, the Baker detonation was an underwater blast. The tremendous amount of water that came back down on Saratoga's stern collapsed her flight deck as if a giant had stomped on it.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

You are correct! If you check out at the end of the video, on the footage of the Saratoga sinking, you'll see that it went down stern-first (the last part seen on the surface es the number 3). That said, divers who got to visit it on the early days (Brad Sheard for instance) comment that the stern section, including the hangar (or hanger) deck was still there with planes inside. Definitely the main impact was there, as it is nowadays collapsed. Lastly, there are more details on de detonations on the Intro video (link on description) and when we close the series there will be a video solely on Operation Crossroads to go deeper into these types of details. Thanks a lot for the comment!

[@obaranovsky]

Fantastic video, as always. Really great footage and great dives. I see someone was diving OC sidemount there?

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Hi Oleg! thanks for the comment! Yes, there was a team from the boat that we used that made parts of the dives with us in OC. We used them a lot as models :) and of course they did shorter RTs. Also given that Helium is an expensive commodity over there they were not using much He. Funny enough I was waiting for someone to make that comment! :D

[@grayharker6271]

"The Ole Sara" Captain Ron.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

good reference Grey!

[@grayharker6271]

@InternationalScubaDiversClub "I drove it, Boss. I didn't navigate it!"

[@grayharker6271]

@InternationalScubaDiversClub Is a ship that has been sunk rather than wrecked or floundered referred to differently? The Ole Sara was sunk,it didn't wreck. If it was sunk, shouldn't it be recognized differently?

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

@@grayharker6271 That's a great point... this one is in between an "artificial reef" and a wreck... For an artificial reef there is preparation and cleaning, and final objective is to create an ecosystem, which wasn't the case here. As the test included the fact of them having everything onboard (including oil) and having the ships "simulating" a real-life situation they are closer to a wreck... but this is definitely a gray area for Bikini Atoll wrecks. There are lots and lots of ships that were sunk as a target practice, we can put these in that subset. On online definition: A ship that was sunk during target practice is often referred to as a "target ship" or "naval target". These vessels are used for live-fire exercises and weapons testing. Although they are sunken, they typically don't qualify as "wrecks" in the traditional sense (like ships lost due to accidents or battle), nor are they considered "artificial reefs" (ships intentionally sunk to promote marine ecosystems). So... I personally like "wrecks" for these ones, as it was a simulated battle situation. Not perfect, but the closest!

[@391wombat]

Very well done!! Was this trip in conjunction with Divers Ready which is also posting videos now of the Bikini atoll wrecks?

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Hey! Thanks for dropping by! James was a couple of weeks later with the Divesoft group!

[@391wombat]

@@InternationalScubaDiversClub love your detail, schematics, history, very comprehensive yet concise. You do a great job, keep it up!!

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Thanks a lot!! Hopefully it'll get better and better!

[@Marcusinthemix]

Graf Zeppelin can also be dived in the Baltic Sea.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Oh! There’s always one more! I didn’t know about it… I’ll add it for the Spanish version of the video and of course it is now I my bucket list! Have you dived it?

[@Marcusinthemix]

@@InternationalScubaDiversClub No, I haven´t! I was close to joining the first expedition in 2009 but couldn´t. I have an expedition vessel in the Baltic Sea, and we are operating within reach of this wreck, so we have ideas for going there.

[@InternationalScubaDiversClub]

Please ping me on our IG account to keep talking! your comment sparked a conversation in our team, now we have a new objective in mind! Welcome to the ISDC Marcus heheh :D