nostalgiaquest
09-28-2018, 11:53 PM
Recently went to Okinawa and did a couple scuba dives down to the wreck of the WWII destroyer USS Emmons.
https://vimeo.com/292438351
While minesweeping the waters off the main island of Okinawa in preparation for the land invasion, the USS Emmons was struck by 5 kamikaze pilots almost simultaneously. 60 men on board perished and an additional 77 we wounded and the ship was lost.
It now rests at about 40-45 meters (~140 feet) deep, which is now the deepest i've ever gone.
Some of the video footage coloring is a little weird. I was trying out a red dive filter on my go pro which was rated at 15+ meters. I figured at 40 it would work fine, but it still ended up causing everything to look red as fuck in the final video. I did what i could to correct it. Oh well, i'm still happy with the way it turned out.
https://vimeo.com/292438351
While minesweeping the waters off the main island of Okinawa in preparation for the land invasion, the USS Emmons was struck by 5 kamikaze pilots almost simultaneously. 60 men on board perished and an additional 77 we wounded and the ship was lost.
It now rests at about 40-45 meters (~140 feet) deep, which is now the deepest i've ever gone.
Some of the video footage coloring is a little weird. I was trying out a red dive filter on my go pro which was rated at 15+ meters. I figured at 40 it would work fine, but it still ended up causing everything to look red as fuck in the final video. I did what i could to correct it. Oh well, i'm still happy with the way it turned out.