Diving the Landing Craft. It's Dead, Jim.

[MaxBottomtime]

Parts of the Redondo Beach Artificial Reef were constructed of concrete and rebar from the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. I call this one the Crab Sculpture.

 

[DavidFL]

Back in the very early 1970s I used to party on board the Pisces. The captain and I were both after the same girl at the time and he won. Mysteriously the boat hit the breakwater in the Casino Point Dive Park and sank as I watched it go down back about the mid 1970s I think. It has been sad to watch it slowly disintegrate under water. For those who dive the park and don't know, the Pisces is the upside down Navy surplus glassbottom boat out with the sailboat wrecks in about 70 ft.

And I am sure you had an alibi Bill.............

I had the same first thought....DrBill saw it going down....had partied on it....competed for the Captain's girl....

 

[descent]

I always thought it would be cool to weld together a bunch of scrap metal pieces of various shapes and sizes (big) into sculptures and set then somewhere on a sandy base out of the way of boat traffic etc,. and leave it as an underwater art exhibit ...

This is a wonderful idea.

If those BC divers can pass a hat at their monthly meeting, buy a scrapped 366' destroyer with the donations, and then sink the thing in front of a bunch of million dollar homes against the opposition of the NIMBY homeowners, we should be able to accomplish something similar in California.

 

[Divebum Don]

Dead is relative, this reef looks fine and is unfolding naturally... Great shots Phil!

 

[Rhone Man]

Very true Dr Bill, but truth be told I enjoy hard bottom structure and everything that comes with it.

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---------- Post added April 27th, 2015 at 11:57 PM ----------

I always thought it would be cool to weld together a bunch of scrap metal pieces of various shapes and sizes (big) into sculptures and set then somewhere on a sandy base out of the way of boat traffic etc,. and leave it as an underwater art exhibit that you'd have to dive on to view. Eventually it would get encrusted and full of life so it would take on a second life in addition to the initial sculpture. Find a person with a barge and crane that would be willing to take them out and lower them into place.

I always said if I won the lottery I was going to try and build a mini "Atlantis" style village out of concrete and place it on a sandy bottom and enjoy watching it grow as I dived around it during my sunset years.

Sadly, the lottery is simply not cooperating with my plan.