Sunken ship fettish

adulbrich
5,000+ posts

Olive oil un-virginer
Was bored and avoiding doing my calculus homework, lol. I love to look at pictures of shipwrecks and other sunken things that have been in the ocean for a while. I thought the war towers and stuff were cool, so I figured I'd share

Sunken yacht in Antarctica

mar-sem-fim-14%25255B6%25255D.jpg


Sunken ship in lake Huron

Sunken-Ship-In-Lake-Huron.jpg


Christ of the Abyss

52e93fae857b0.jpeg


Maunsell sea forts

image.jpg


Titanic, a classic

titanic-ship-wreck.jpg


 
I myself have always been interested in shipwrecks. Not sure how long of a drive it is for you to the Cincinnati,OH area but there is an abandoned ship in a small creek there that has been in both world wars and even used by Thomas Edison at one point for experiments.

Queen City Discovery: The "Ghost Ship"

If you are there on the right day and the creek is low enough you can actually board the ship. I saw it with my son a couple years ago when we went to the Parts Express Midwest Audio Fest. Definitely worth the drive for me which was about 6 hours from home.

 
I myself have always been interested in shipwrecks. Not sure how long of a drive it is for you to the Cincinnati,OH area but there is an abandoned ship in a small creek there that has been in both world wars and even used by Thomas Edison at one point for experiments.
Queen City Discovery: The "Ghost Ship"

If you are there on the right day and the creek is low enough you can actually board the ship. I saw it with my son a couple years ago when we went to the Parts Express Midwest Audio Fest. Definitely worth the drive for me which was about 6 hours from home.
That's really cool, thanks! I'd love to go see that

 
The ship was launched on June 28, 1919, the same day Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, officially ending World War I. As a result, the 7,500-ton ship never served during the war, but instead was placed into service as an oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico.

On May 31, 1920, the Selma hit a jetty in Tampico, Mexico, ripping a 60 foot hole in her hull. After attempts to repair the ship in Galveston failed and efforts to sell the ship proved unsuccessful, US officials decided to intentionally scuttle the ship. A channel 1,500 feet long and 25 feet deep was dug to a point just off Pelican Island's eastern shoreline where on March 9, 1922, the ship was laid to rest.

Guess being made out of concrete it was to hard to repair any damage done to the hull..

 
One of the Destroyer Tenders I served aboard was purposely sunk and turned into a reef. Mixed feelings about that.

Diving among various wreckages would be a memorable experience though, I'm sure.

 
One of the Destroyer Tenders I served aboard was purposely sunk and turned into a reef. Mixed feelings about that.
Diving among various wreckages would be a memorable experience though, I'm sure.
I think it's cool that they created a reef habitat out of it, but I get that it would be sad for you. What kind of condition was it in? Was it in bad shape, or did they waste a perfectly functional ship?

I'd like to dive in the wreckage. I've been scuba diving before, but it was when I was younger. I didn't go too deep because there was a lot of pressure on my ears and it gave me a headache. Breathing underwater feels weird too, lol.

 
Activity
No one is currently typing a reply...

About this thread

adulbrich

5,000+ posts
Olive oil un-virginer
Thread starter
adulbrich
Joined
Location
Ames, Iowa
Start date
Participants
Who Replied
Replies
101
Views
4,427
Last reply date
Last reply from
Spider Monkey
IMG_20260515_202650612_HDR.jpg

sherbanater

    May 15, 2026
  • 0
  • 0
IMG_20260515_202732887_HDR.jpg

sherbanater

    May 15, 2026
  • 0
  • 0

New threads

Top