USS Mindanao - Dive Site Map of Florida & Bahamas from www.ScubaLessonsInc.com (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
11 miles northeast of Ponce Inlet
GPS Coordinates: 29°11.93N, 80°44.86'W
The USS Mindanao (1943-1962) , is the oldest artificial reef ship. She rests in 85 feet of water, 11 miles northeast of Ponce inlet. She is a 446 ft. World War II, Liberty ship. See
Wikipedia information . Her main deck is 60 ft. below the surface and lies in a general N-S direction. The superstructure was removed before the sinking. The wreck suffered damage during the 1995 winter storms and the bow is now to the N separated from the hull. Schools of bait fish, tomtate grunts, mangrove snapper, and a few anchors are often seen in her open holds. Small clumps of ivory bush coral and encrusting sponges and tunicates are growing on the steel hull. See
Site 3 Photos -- It suffered damage in 1995 during a winter storm. The USS Mindanao, an internal combustion engine repair ship, was converted from the "Liberty" ship Elbert Hubbard while under construction at Baltimore, Maryland. Commissioned in November 1943, she was soon assigned to the South Pacific to support the Navy's wartime operating forces. On 10 November 1944, while at Manus Naval Base, Admiralty Islands, Mindanao was seriously damaged by the explosion of the nearby ammunition ship USS Mount Hood. Following repairs, she continued her support functions in the South and Western Pacific until March 1946, when she sailed for the U.S. USS Mindanao was decommissioned on 17 May 1946, and remained in "mothballs" until she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1962. It is an impressive dive. and a favorite spearfishing destination for us. She currently rests in 80 FSW, and is located approximately 11 miles out of Ponce Inlet. You can dive her from Sea Dogs Dive center in Port Orange, FL and it is not cheap, about $100 per 2 tank dive. Her main deck is 60 ft. below the surface and lies in a general N-S direction. The superstructure was removed before the sinking. The wreck suffered damage during the 1995 winter storms and the bow is now separated from the hull. Schools of bait fish, tomato grunts, mangrove snapper, and a few anchors are often in her open holds. Small clumps of ivory bush coral and encrusting sponges and tunicates are growing on the steel hull.
The USS Mindanao (1943-1962) , is the oldest artificial reef ship. She rests in 85 feet of water, 11 miles northeast of Ponce inlet. She is a 446 ft. World War II, Liberty ship. See
Wikipedia information . Her main deck is 60 ft. below the surface and lies in a general N-S direction. The superstructure was removed before the sinking. The wreck suffered damage during the 1995 winter storms and the bow is now to the N separated from the hull. Schools of bait fish, tomtate grunts, mangrove snapper, and a few anchors are often seen in her open holds. Small clumps of ivory bush coral and encrusting sponges and tunicates are growing on the steel hull. See
Site 3 Photos -- It suffered damage in 1995 during a winter storm. The USS Mindanao, an internal combustion engine repair ship, was converted from the "Liberty" ship Elbert Hubbard while under construction at Baltimore, Maryland. Commissioned in November 1943, she was soon assigned to the South Pacific to support the Navy's wartime operating forces. On 10 November 1944, while at Manus Naval Base, Admiralty Islands, Mindanao was seriously damaged by the explosion of the nearby ammunition ship USS Mount Hood. Following repairs, she continued her support functions in the South and Western Pacific until March 1946, when she sailed for the U.S. USS Mindanao was decommissioned on 17 May 1946, and remained in "mothballs" until she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1962. It is an impressive dive. and a favorite spearfishing destination for us. She currently rests in 80 FSW, and is located approximately 11 miles out of Ponce Inlet. You can dive her from Sea Dogs Dive center in Port Orange, FL and it is not cheap, about $100 per 2 tank dive. Her main deck is 60 ft. below the surface and lies in a general N-S direction. The superstructure was removed before the sinking. The wreck suffered damage during the 1995 winter storms and the bow is now separated from the hull. Schools of bait fish, tomato grunts, mangrove snapper, and a few anchors are often in her open holds. Small clumps of ivory bush coral and encrusting sponges and tunicates are growing on the steel hull.
There are several other small dive sites moments away.. here are the details for those:
1992 - concrete culverts
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.62N, 80°44.77'W
Loran C: 44454.0- 61982.0*
1995 - 217 ft. ship, Rio Yuna
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.7 'N, 80°44.8W
Loran C: 44455.2 - 61982.1*
1995 - 100 ft.tug, Alexandra McAllister
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.63'N, 80°44.81'W
Loran C: 44454.4 - 61982.3*
1995 - 81 ft. tug, Thomas H
Lat/Long:(GPS)
29°11 .74'N, 80°44.92'W
Loran C: 44456.0- 61982.6*
1995 - 100 ft. barge, Atlas
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.39'N, 80°45.04'W
Loran C: 44453.7 - 61984.5*
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.62N, 80°44.77'W
Loran C: 44454.0- 61982.0*
1995 - 217 ft. ship, Rio Yuna
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.7 'N, 80°44.8W
Loran C: 44455.2 - 61982.1*
1995 - 100 ft.tug, Alexandra McAllister
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.63'N, 80°44.81'W
Loran C: 44454.4 - 61982.3*
1995 - 81 ft. tug, Thomas H
Lat/Long:(GPS)
29°11 .74'N, 80°44.92'W
Loran C: 44456.0- 61982.6*
1995 - 100 ft. barge, Atlas
Lat/Long: (GPS)
29°11.39'N, 80°45.04'W
Loran C: 44453.7 - 61984.5*
