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Approximately 1,5 mile south south-west of Pensacola Pass. The wreck is marked with mooring buoys. |
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how? | By boat |
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distance | Good boat time (< 30min) |
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easy to find? | Easy to find |
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More Details |
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week crowd |
Empty |
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Few divers |
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dangers |
- Current
- Boat trafic
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Dive site Characteristics |
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alternative name | BB-2 |
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Quality |
| | dive site quality | Good |
| | experience | CMAS * / OW |
| | bio interest | Interesting |
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Dive site infos |
| | average depth | 6 m / 19.7 ft |
| | max depth | 14 m / 45.9 ft |
| | current | Strong ( > 2 knots) |
| | visibility | Medium ( 5 - 10 m) |
| | dive type | - Wreck
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Dive site activities |
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- Marine biology
- Snorkeling / Free diving
- Photography
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Author: Anonymous
Contributors (1)
They dived this site ! (3)
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Additional Infos |
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| | One of the best small boat dives in the Pensacola area. The wreck is mainly intact, but some sections are covered by sand.
USS Massachusetts (BB-2), an Indiana-class battleship, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state. She was launched on 10 June 1893.
Scuttled off Pensacola Bay, Florida, on 6 January 1921, the hulk was bombarded by batteries from Fort Pickens for four years!
On 15 November 1956, the ship was declared the property of the state of Florida. In 1993, the site was dedicated as an underwater archaeological preserve by the state of Florida, designed to become an artificial reef.
Characteristics:
Displacement: 10,288 t
Length: 350.9 ft
Beam: 69.3 ft
Draft: 24 ft
Speed: 16.21 knots
Complement: 586 officers and men
Armament: 4 x 13-inch guns, 8 x 8-inch guns, 4 x 6-inch guns, 2 x 3-inch guns, 20 x 6-pounders, 6 x 1-pounders, 6 x 18-inch torpedo tubes
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Massachusetts_%28BB-2%29 for more information about the history of this wreck.
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Geo-localization |
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| Datum | WGS84 [ Help ] |
| GPS Lat. | 30° 17.74' N |
| GPS Long. | 87° 18.722' W |
| Precision | Approximate |
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GPS History (1)
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