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Hello everyone not to be morbid but are there any good Aircraft wreckes to dive on in the New eangland area. Do not have to be a Crash could be a ditching or an intentional wreck
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I believe there's a Hellcat somewhere off Charlestown, RI. Not sure how much of it is still there. Would be an interesting dive, though. I'd love to dive it if anyone has access to a boat, but I'm not sure if I want to spend a charter fee to do it. That's the only one I know of.
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After a lovely dive at the Idene, off Block Island, several other NELD folks and I did a drift dive near Charlestown Breechway. During the interval, the captain took us to the Hellcat site, just off the beach, and I hopped in with fins and snorkel to see what I could see from near the surface, which wasn't much of anything do to poor vis at the site.
I understand though that it's a very easy dive in shallow water, and that you can still see the engine block and some other solid debris despite the punishment the wreckage has sustained over the years.
The site is actually called "Airplane Wreck". It's on bay side of Cape Cod North of Corporation Beach (Dennis, MA) It's only accessible by boat.
It is found at loran numbers 13904.1 and 44004.1.
Anyone that has a boat and wants to dive it, let me know. I will be at my in-laws Cottage in Dennisport most of August.
What I found on web on Airplane Wreck:
It was while on a training flight, the pilot of a Douglas AD-3 Skyraider was forced to ditch his aircraft just off shore. The waters of that area are shallow and the pilot escaped injuries. The wreck sits on the bottom still intact.
When this wreck was discovered by a local charter service in 1983, the machine guns were still intact in the wings and the joy stick still movable. Unfortunately, divers have stripped her of these interesting parts.
The area around the wreckage is composed of silt and sand. The airplane sits on the bottom at a depth of 35 feet.
There are very few fish at this site. However, it is an excellent location for sand dollars. Remember, sand dollars are live marine creatures. Do not take them for the fun of bringing something back to shore to show people.
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