Re-sink the USNS Vandenberg

DiveNav · Dec 9, 2009

Thanks to our friends at REEFMAKERS (the folks that sunk the USNS Vandenberg) we can now start on the Virtual Vandenberg project !

We should have draft version of the 3D model early next year and the virtual dive site up and running by the end of Q1.

If you have images and / or videos and would like to contribute them to this project, please post them in this thread.

Alberto (aka eDiver)

DiveNav · Dec 30, 2009

Structure of main hull completed

Alberto (aka eDiver)

laguna230diver · Dec 30, 2009

very cool!

DiveNav · Dec 30, 2009

laguna230diver:
very cool!

thanks.

Check out the 3D model we created for the USS Oriskany

Any wreck we should work on for your area?

Alberto (aka eDiver)

laguna230diver · Dec 30, 2009

The vermillion would be a great one, The Hebe is more frequently dove, but not quite as intact. Either one of those would be my top picks as its more important to be oriented on these wrecks at and below 100 feet.

If you want an easier inshore project, Scuba Express most frequently dives the 11 mile artificial reef, (tug boat, barge, and airplane). I know that would be cool to be able to show people a sim of the wreck, although not as complex of a structure.

awesome work you guys do. Is it all CAD, do you actually get sonar on the wrecks.. how does it all work?

laguna230diver · Dec 30, 2009

nintendo should've hired you guys for that endless oceans scuba game for wii

this stuff looks nice!

DiveNav · Dec 31, 2009

laguna230diver:
The vermillion would be a great one, The Hebe is more frequently dove, but not quite as intact. ....

Do You have links to those wrecks?

laguna230diver:
.... If you want an easier inshore project, Scuba Express most frequently dives the 11 mile artificial reef, (tug boat, barge, and airplane). ....

Do You have a contact there ?

laguna230diver:
....awesome work you guys do. Is it all CAD, do you actually get sonar on the wrecks.. how does it all work?

For the Wrecks is all CAD.
We need deckplans, images and videos
For natural reefs we need high resolution bathymetry. images and videos.

DiveNav · Dec 31, 2009

laguna230diver:
nintendo should've hired you guys for that endless oceans scuba game for wii.....

Our simulator is way better and more realistic than endless oceans

laguna230diver · Dec 31, 2009

indeed that game has a lot lacking

Express Water Sports - Myrtle Beach Scuba, Parasail, Kayak & Ocean Sightseeing Dolphin Watch, Banana Boat And jet skis in Myrtle Beach South Carolina - Home is the website for scuba express
they have some general pictures there and some videos of the sites

as for the 11 mile reef, you may be able to optain deck plans from the SCDNR

Tom Winters · Jan 1, 2010

Not to split hairs here, but the Vandenberg was not part of the USNS fleet - it was designated USAFS for US Air Force Ship. Every time the ship showed up in the Pacific, Soviet intel ships would be all over the ocean following her.

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