Anyone dived the USS Houston or Perth?

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A colleague was there last year. viz was only 20' at best and often down to 5'. The bottom of the both are about 130'. The Houston is in pretty bad shape I ynderstand but the Perth is more recognizable. There can be very very very strong currents ripping through the straits so picking the time to dive is important.
 
I was on both last week. USS Houston vis 2m, but very dark (overcast sky). The current was approaching 2 Knot, the bottom is 32m in mud and silt, so at the botton vis was virtually 0m
The HMAS Perth was better, no current 6-8m vis. The bottom of this is also 32m, and the top of the hull is 20m, so bottom time restricted unless you are diving Nitrox.
 
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