So where are the other 2 sunken carriers?

[del_mo]

But didn't the battleships all turtle? I read that it isn't quite like how it sounds.

 

[diverdan214]

All but 8 of the German fleet have been salvaged, although there's still a ton of others up there as it was the main base of the Royal Navy through both World Wars. I've heard different reports about it and will be up there in July to find out first hand. None of them are aircraft carriers though, which is what I thought the thread was about.

 

[Vie]

So where are the other two aircraft carriers? Any what difficulties are there in diving these other ships?

USS Saratoga (CV-3) - Bikini Atoll.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)

http://www.bikiniatoll.com/divetour1.html

HMS Hermes - Sri Lanka.

"The ninth Hermes was the first purpose built fleet aircraft carrier in the world to be launched (11 September 1919)... She served in World War II and was sunk [during a] Japanese air attack on 9 April 1942." This is not the same carrier [R12] that served in the Falklands War and was then sold to the Indian Navy and recommissioned as INS Viraat). Due to political situation in Sri Lanka, trips may be difficult to arrange...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hermes_(95)

"The ship lies on her port side and is reached at a depth of 44m with a seabed at 55m. You can swim the length of the ship from bow to stern, offering some very inviting penetration. The bow guns and those turrets amidships are still trained skyward and shell casings are still strewn around from her final frantic moments, multiple points of entry for at least superficial, and probably substantial, penetration exist. The Hermes was approximately 20m in the beam at the flight deck, and her present vertical relief points toward the wreck being partially buried in the seabed, and thus we expect depths on the interior of the ship to exceed the 53m. Beyond the intrigue of the wrecks interior, the lack of fishing net and diver interaction has lead to large marine life on the site that is both prolific and inquisitive."

http://www.southerncrossdivers.com.au/dive-trips/index.jsp?a=1124324288