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To the considerable amazement and excitement of the diving community, a 512-foot amphibious assault ship that had been lying on its side on the sea floor off Key Largo was nudged upright, so that it lies on its keel as was originally intended. The USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-32) was intended to be an artificial reef and diver's playground when it was sunk in 2002, but it went down too quickly and ended up on its side. Now it's sitting on the bottom properly, with its superstructure pointing at the surface.
This is particularly exciting to me, as Allyson and I made our first deep dive (to 140 feet) on the wreck of the Spiegel Grove. We got to stand on the sea floor and look up at the enormous vessel towering above us, seeing the boxy projections of its upper decks from a vertical rather than horizontal standpoint.
Now we can go back and see the ship in its new configuration, as it was originally intended!
(Can you imagine what must have gone through the heads of the first people to dive on it after the hurricane and discover this? The awe, the excitement, the pride of being the first people to see this miracle... Wow. I envy them.)
This is particularly exciting to me, as Allyson and I made our first deep dive (to 140 feet) on the wreck of the Spiegel Grove. We got to stand on the sea floor and look up at the enormous vessel towering above us, seeing the boxy projections of its upper decks from a vertical rather than horizontal standpoint.
Now we can go back and see the ship in its new configuration, as it was originally intended!
(Can you imagine what must have gone through the heads of the first people to dive on it after the hurricane and discover this? The awe, the excitement, the pride of being the first people to see this miracle... Wow. I envy them.)
