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We broke the Guiness World Record, April 2012!

In April of 1942, Ashkhabad was traveling empty from New York to Cuba, escorted by the ASW trawler Lady Elsa. They were running a zig-zag course as ordered in an effort to avoid U-boat interference. On April 30, 1942, Ashkhabad was hit on the starboard side by a single torpedo fired by U-402 and sunk by its stern end in the shallow waters off Cape Lookout, N.C.

I found another use for my 36 inch speargun. It uses rubber bands to shoot a 2 1/2 foot steel shaft with a line on it over a tree limb 40 feet up. I like it better than pumping up a PVC air gun!

Let her by, by, by...

This grouper just walked off when I forgot to remove the plastic protective tip on the bolt before I went in.

The steel driving man

Them fisherman shot us the bird when we buzzed Fort Macon.

Old country tune by Tom T. Hall

August 29th, 2022

The James J. Francesconi Tug (JJF) is a popular inshore wreck. The wreck is a 107 ft. US Army oceangoing tug boat sunk in May 2016 as an artificial reef in memory of James J. Francesconi, former director of the North Carolina Artificial Reef Program. She sits upright in 60 feet of water about 15 miles out of Beaufort Inlet.

27 August 2023 ~ Dive two

January 2019

The Ashkhabad was a Russian Tanker traveling from NY to Cuba being escorted by the ASW trawler Lady Elsa. They were runnig zig-zag course as ordered to avoid German u-boats. The tanker was hit on the starboard side by a single torpedo and sunk by its stern end in the shallow water off Cape Lookout. The ship was abandoned and all the crew were taken to Morehead City. Today Ashkhabad lies in 55 feet of water. What is left of the Ashkhabad is very broken-up and scattered about.