SS United States

[redneck joe]

Looks like she stuck the landing ... she's resting at approximately 180'. I'm reading conflicting stuff about her top deck between 50' and 60' below the surface.

 

[alldodge]

I'm reading conflicting stuff about her top deck between 50' and 60' below the surface.

There is more then one deck that would be on top. Pretty sure there not talking about the main deck. Exp: Bridge

 

[bigblocksarefun]

Well there she is: https://getthecoast.com/first-underwater-photo-shows-ss-united-states-resting-upright-on-gulf-floor/

 

[southkogs]

There is more then one deck that would be on top. Pretty sure there not talking about the main deck. Exp: Bridge

True: I should have said uppermost decks ... I took at a look at the dive map they've published for her and the deck on top of the bridge is noted at 60' deep.

I'm not sure what the 4 "masts" are properly called (two forward and two aft), but they come up to about 53' from the surface.

 

[southkogs]

So will the divers have conflicts with fishing charters?

I'd be interested to hear more from some of the operators.

This will be a site like the Oriskany that's gonna' be really popular with divers. So, there's a chance that the fishing charters will learn when to just stay away. But even on the smaller wrecks that I've been diving on, there's only been a couple of times when the dive boat had to go to another site because a fishing boat was there. There are a lot of wrecks out there, and fairly close together - so, it's not usually a huge loss.

If the dive boat gets to a site first, then it's sorta' guarded by it's diver down flag. Other boats have to maintain a 100YD radius of a diver down flag.

 

[bigblocksarefun]

AI generated but reasonably accurate.