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USS Emmons Anniversary

On the 6th of April we dived the USS Emmons wreck off Kouri Island where it sank at 140 feet of waters in battle 63 years earlier on the 6th of April 1944. More photos from prior trips can be seen at http://www.pbase.com/the_underwater_world/uss_emmons
Larry inspects the kamikaze made hole in the bow
Larry inspects the kamikaze made hole in the bow		 Kamikaze hole and bow gun
Kamikaze hole and bow gun		 Andres & Larry with view of the bow gun
Andres & Larry with view of the bow gun		 Andres takes a closer look at the bow gun
Andres takes a closer look at the bow gun		 Coral growing on the USS Emmons (with strobe)
Coral growing on the USS Emmons (with strobe)
Andres swims up the bow past the bow gun
Andres swims up the bow past the bow gun		 Lifeboat arm and dives swim down the USS Emmons
Lifeboat arm and dives swim down the USS Emmons		 The bridge lies destroyed on the sandy bottom
The bridge lies destroyed on the sandy bottom		 Close up of the destroyed bridge
Close up of the destroyed bridge		 The remnents of the bridge
The remnents of the bridge
The bridge, anti aircraft gun & stern navel gun
The bridge, anti aircraft gun & stern navel gun		 Andres & the remnents of the bridge
Andres & the remnents of the bridge		 Andres & the remnents of the bridge
Andres & the remnents of the bridge		 Remnents of the bridge
Remnents of the bridge		 Andres dives the remnents of the bridge
Andres dives the remnents of the bridge
Base of anti aircraft gun
Base of anti aircraft gun		 Andres swims up the USS Emmons
Andres swims up the USS Emmons		 Not too sure what this is!
Not too sure what this is!		 Stern anti aircraft guns
Stern anti aircraft guns		 Batfish always swimming around the stern of the USS Emmons
Batfish always swimming around the stern of the USS Emmons
Andres and batfish
Andres and batfish		 Naval gun on the far left
Naval gun on the far left		 Torpedos lying unused on the USS Emmons
Torpedos lying unused on the USS Emmons		 Poss's Scorpionfish rests on the wreck near the stern
Poss's Scorpionfish rests on the wreck near the stern		 Close up of the well disguised Poss's Scorpionfish
Close up of the well disguised Poss's Scorpionfish
Stack of coral covered helmets with strobe
Stack of coral covered helmets with strobe		 Stern and propeller of the USS Emmons
Stern and propeller of the USS Emmons		 Close up of the giant propeller
Close up of the giant propeller

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