The salvage of the float of the waterplane at the Crash site
On October 6, 2007 a group of divers went on a dive to salvage on of the deteriorating parts of the Kingfisher waterplane that was aboard of the USS Erie when this ship was torpedoed by a German submarine during WW 2.
This gallery contains a selection of the pictures taken during this salvage dive.
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The briefing before the dive |
Arrival at the location of the object |
How to do this? |
Diver lifting the piece from below |
The float is in the net |
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And there we go! |
The connection to the wing goes seperately |
On the way to the shore |
Almost there |
The float is on the shore |
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Karel explains |
And this is what it was all about |
Part of the hull of the USS Erie |
Detail of the hull of the USS Erie |
