In what is being called ‘the world’s biggest grave robbery’, more than 40 shipwrecks serving as mass graves to thousands of World War II soldiers have been illegally plundered by salvage crews who may still be roaming free: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EammJfECZQY.html
In the mid 80's a group of us were on a dive trip off the east coast of Malaysia, looking for anything interesting to dive . We were on an old fishing boat skippered by a Malaysian who had spent his life fishing those waters. He told us that as a child fishing with his father one day, he'd seen a Japanese Zero land on the water then sink and that he could take us to it. Half a day later he was doing slow runs dragging a small anchor and bingo, he found it. No GPS, no charts, just memory and landmarks. We dived it in about 30m of clear water on a sandy bottom. I completely respect that local knowledge.
Incredable the way in which technology is helping to make us aware of the resting places of numerous historic shipwrecks and airoplane wrecks. As a former diver cant get enough of these documentarys. Thanks to the Dive Detectives for venturing into the sea to give insite to these wrecks and others.Particulary for those lost on them and those connected to the wrecks.
@@highcountrydelatite Trimix technical diving was the next stage for me to get envovled in when i was diving.There was a group of people who had located scuttaled German Submarines which others i had dived with where getting envovled with. But i found costs where getting higher in scuba diving. So i called it a day there was some other issues as well .Trimix would have been even more expensive although there where seasoned people with rebreathers. I remember one rebreather used by a woman at Stoney Cove UK the outer casing appered crushed always made me wonder. Have happy memories of diving and enjoy diving documentaries .Always encourage people to take the underwater adventure if they are inclined. Thanks.
@@highcountrydelatite Used to watch some of your diving on Sea Hunters if i remember correctly which included Second World War Convoy with ammunition and aeroplanes.Thought the checking out of some US Independence converted wooden Schooners in the Great Lakes was very interesting. Thanks for your time .Hope you and your son make many more documentarys about your endevours under water.
I also watched your these diving documentaries.... fascinating. I thought I'd love diving but it made me feel claustrophobic and utterly terrified. I have HUGE respect for people who can do it....I'm going to stick to climbing/skiing/snowboarding. It's not my thing but I LOVE watching other people do it. God bless x
...and that's not to mention submariners 😮 ...even more scary. Truly my nightmare. Excellent seamen and truly pioneers in this era and beyond....but nope...NOPE... nope 🫣 For me? Imma stay topside. I love sailing, swimming, I'm a kayaker and I've done some lifeguard training (kayak-mostly). Defo not up for the deep underwater thing....so, SO scary to me. Edit: ...and I REALLY HATE cold water....uuugghhh 😣
Dunno why people watch a 15 year old production of this quality and then leave shitposts. There was nothing second rate about this 48 minute investment of my time. We saw crude local dive techniques, history under the Pacific. Excellent first person testimony. Father/son interaction across three generations. A bit of science. Damn good show, IMO. God bless our WW2 veterans 🫶🏼
My grandfather served aboard the USS Cabot in the South Pacific during WWII from 1943 to 1945. They fought and were hit a few times by Kamikazes but did not sink. The CVL-28 was worth saving and we tried to buy her and make her a museum, like the Lexington (Corpus Christi). We lost. Still, when the Cabot was broken, she was stripped first and her deck was saved for memorials and much of her was used to "flesh out" her sister ship, the Lexington. I can tour the Lexington and while it's a completely different ship, the racks and many other items in the ship, are likely things my grandfather touched, slept it, cooked with (Boone, Daniel SC2C), walked by.... There really is something about being able to connect with the past and our ancestors in a very real and direct way. I'm so glad this sub was found and the history of her and the men who served aboard her. Our history is worth learning because it is a part of us, even those of us who come later.
My father..army. was on ships sailing all around the Solomon islands n that area after the Japanese were cleared out of those islands they were waiting for the time ..took 3 mos all up jus sailing around n trying to stay safe. For them to go into the Philippines and clear out Manila and several other islands freeing the POWS taken 3. 4..yrs b 4 by the Japanese. I have been to the Solomon's. The island of Gizo mostly and met the grandson of one of the men who rescued jfk after their PT 109 boat was attacked. They took me to the island he n his crew hid out and they showed me parts of the PT 109 they saved..on the island of giza is still..the same outdoor hospital n beds the Japanese build during the war still being used today. I was last there n 98 snorkled the waters n saw much wreckage. Much history all thru those islands may mankind please live in peace..
Also on the island of gizo on the south coast I visited there some isolated peoples n their huts they still lived in were built by the U.S and almost all still had the soldiers name. Rank and where they were from still written on them..many if these local peoples are mixed w the American many off spring. And all the locals we very very happy when the Americans showed up n fought off the Japanese n all were v proud of their American heritage. Blessings everyone
@@vaughnmojado8637 While there are things yet to be publicized about the responsibility for J6 and there are lessons to be learned, I was referring to the next conflict(s) on the horizon.
Check out the 'Crash Dive' Series; it is written by Craig DiLouie and follows the story of Charlie Harris' Career as an Officer, and then Commander in the Sub Fleet; even surviving A Japanese Hellship and P.O.W. Camp.
@@highcountrydelatite No doubt. Easier and safer. I read the book "Shadow Divers," about the guys who found the unknown U-Boat off the US coast. They dived it for years using multiple tanks of regular air, and there were a few gruesome fatalities. I believe they switched to mixed gas later on and it was much safer. And they got an ID on the boat. But, that was at least 30 years ago. One of the main guys was combat medic in the Vietnam war for goodness sake. Technology has moved on a long way since then and the price of ROV's has come down. Using an ROV for as much of the inspection as possible would map the site. Then the guys could target their dives to very specific goals to make the most of that 12-minute bottom time. Then again, I've never organised an expedition to find a sunken WWII sub, so I'm in no position to criticise 😀
@@BrianRPaterson I first read "The Last Dive" which is about the father and son who got each other killed diving on that sub. I later read "Shadow Divers" and it's quite funny how the two books cross paths. Yes, at that time most divers dove on air and was narced beyond reason. Some divers started mixing their own gas (trimix) and came up after the first dives on trimix extatic about how clear headed they were at depth. Today CCR (rebreathers) would be the choice of gear for these deep dives but all diving to depths of this magnitude carries great risks. You can search for John Chatterton and DuckDiverProductions here on RU-vid and his dives to Andrea Doria and U869. John Chatterton is an absolute legend, his videos are extreme and his narrating is beyond "cool as a cucumber" and I can say that I would become disoriented very quickly diving on the Andrea Doria.
37:21. The piece of land he mentioned was most likely Onok Island (maybe called something different then) because it was the closest at 4 miles. And this discovery/filming was taken back in 2009 so hopefully the wreck hasn’t been picked clean since the location has been revealed.
Although this is a bittersweet ending to this 70 + year old mystery, I am glad Al's son has some closure. I am also glad that the Navy acknowledges that this is indeed the Flyer and both divers have come through these dangerous dives to dive again. What an incredible story.
Nothing new I learned on Hookah in the 1960s .in WA .pearl Divers used hookah and a helmet we could leave the helmet, take our pearlshell to the surface, then recover the helmetd from up to 100ft
For everyone who has drawn attention to the issues with WWII vessels (war graves) being plundered for salvage/battleship steel - Thank you. This is a huge issue in and around the Philippine/Javan/Indonesian waters. The local authorities will not hold themselves accountable, despite these vessels often being both war graves AND UNESCO heritage sites because they are officially foreign war vessels. Its tragic. There are some awesome documentaries highlighting this.and the dangers to divers being hit by underwater shockwaves caused by explosions from the salvage operations.
Absolutely a wonderfully told WWll story about thr Fletcher submarine loss. We thank you for diving to such great depths with cameras to help understand why it went down. I'm positive this wi all those families who lost a love one handle theiross far better.
The utter simplicity of the industrial air compressor and plastic air hose act as a testament to the ingenuity and courage of the fishermen that use this system for hours each day at depth in the unforgiving waters in which they dive! There is clearly no filtration of the air the divers breathe, and they doubtlessly inhale and absorb numerous impurities that professionally designed diving equipment eliminates! That being said, I can't but help to be very highly impressed by their approach to diving with the most basic of equipment to help them to earn their living.
They know more about Mars than the bottoms of our home planet's seas 🌊. Imo they got their exploration backward. High time some billionaire started exploring here.
It's just so much more difficult to explore then things in space. The pressures down there just making designing and building craft to survive it so extremely expensive and difficult
When the hatch is used for escape the last man out has to close the outer door and secure it so it can be drained and used again by the next group of escapees, who must do the same. if the outer door is left open because the last man didn't close it then the men inside are hopelessly trapped
You are absolutely correct. The amount of damage in and around the bow suggests there were no survivors. The escape hatch is not a protected double sided capsule like people think. only a few men can enter this area at a time, even modern submarines can only hold 4-5, maybe 6 if crammed in there like sardines. Its aggravating, These shows are nothing but clickbait entertainment, not HISTORY. It bothers me that people who are not "experts" speculate on things, like the escape hatch, to mislead people to change "history" to reflect a better outcome. Look at the information put out by shipwreck finder, R.Petrol, an extreme difference. I know about escape hatches because I was a Torpedoman on a US Submarine. People need closure, I get it. I bet if you ask each and every one of the crew members who had questions, they wanted only the truth, not a white washed version with a happy outcome.
So very interesting! I remember Mike Fletcher from the series with Clive Cussler, and Delgado - great stuff! Narration just spot-on, by Hamish McEwan; what a pleasure to listen to, he is!
Much of the South China sea is shallow enough for Chin-nese scrappers to strip the bottom of these WW2 ships made out of quality steel.Maybe not in this area but its happening.
Absolutely true. If the Chinese have their ways, they will practically salvage both subs before this year's Christmas. Happened before to a few sunken transports ships along the west coast of Sabah.
Chinese government could stop the violation of war grave if they were so inclined. They're a dictatorship, so 🤷 they could stop it like Tiananmen Square ⬛️. But since it's not a war grave for their nation, they could care less. Only the money 💰 angle interests them. 💯
i’m not sure the timeline of this video, but it seems rather odd that they are not using rereads with trimix (O2/N/He). They were probably have upwards of an hour bottom time..
I Jurassic Park they said "Nature will find a way". In technology, poor people will find a way. A motor off a moped driving a compressor through a plastic hose. If that thing failed while he was that deep, he'd be dead. He does it anyway to feed his family.
A Russian and a US sub are meeting in the middle of the ocean. The Russian commander claims "I can dive for 2 months", then the US commander says "that's nothing, I was recently diving for 3 1/2 months. Suddenly an old, rusty U boat appears and the hatch is opening. An old man with a beard comes out and asks" heil, do you have a little bit bread and Diesel for me?
Mein Vater von 1939-45 Kriegsmarine Obermaat Norwegen , Frankreich und Holland hat den Krieg überlebt 1947 aus Englischer Gefangenschaft Gruß aus Land Brandenburg 🇩🇪👍
It's amazing how fast coral build up on subs ships .I think it's good for history and location keep in navy records and share find and viedo for family
Every time I see these "documentaries", it feels like fake. All these theatrical performances by these so-called scientists that no one ever heard before, looking at maps and screens, screaming OMG and asking if its real to increase the drama, and all these low-quality scenes, one after the other many times without a logical sequence makes me remember the good old quality explorations by Jaques Cousteau. Thay was a REAL explorer, not these fake actors.
@@tattooedbeasty3567yeah name 20 scientists and their major discoveries of the mid 21st century. Annnnnd go. You may not use your notes, and or the internet!
What's interesting is that according to the us marine, no submarines were ever lost at sea. They all continue their patrol. And get a christmas greeting each year. As a German, I think that's an interesting fakt. Also that the family of one of the crewmates had the audacity to ask why he didnt know what happened to their husband/father... seriously? And yes, they are graveyards. That's why I'm more than p*ssed that they wanna visit and dive into the Wilhelm Gustloff. Not few of my relatives died on that ship, which was wrongfully bombarded. Can't they simply leave the ships alone?
Your lastname is "Fletcher"? on my Gradmother's side of the family they are Fletchers, wondering if somehow we are related. I love history and diving like you all do, Bill Dirt Nerds of Kentucky
Interesting topic but really horrible presented. Why on earth does a history based story need this bad music all the time. We are not in the 90th anymore. This is not a Superhero film.
I looked up Matsato knives many times to see what their "Japanese lineage and link was" There is none, they are selling you an American Knife. Just like the one in your drawer with a fancier name.
Please,if we have Any NAVY officers in the comment section,would you kindly tell us What has a higher chance of survival for the personal *TODAY* on the Ship or on the Sub if it runs the mine.Please Lets try to emagine us being on the old sub while it runs a water mine?! It must be absolutely Horrific experience.Those guys are Absolute Heroes,without any doubt. Me personally,i think that I'd rather be on the ship and hit more than 1 mine than hit a Single one while being on the sub. ps I'm talking about WW2 craft.Not the modern ones. I'm just thinking that chance of surviving is higher on the ship running the mine than if it is the Sub hitting it. However,I might be wrong of course,cuz I don't know the Actual data(which I'm Sure there Is a Real world scenario simulation for when the modern craft in different types of danger and running a mine/s is one of them. I Do know one thing thought that Subs are made Tremendously tough these days. I know that subs got Double body the outter shell and the inner modules that all welded together with a very special welding process(watched documentary about it). But I guess Ships also progressed a LOT since 1945's,that's for Sure:)
