The Algol is 500+ feet long with a 50-60 foot beam sitting in 135 ft. of water. The main deck is at 105' with the superstructure rising to sixty or seventy feet of the surface. We were tied in on the tower forward of the superstructure.
My first dive was solo as everyone seemed to be buddied up already with some having the objective of looking for scallops in the sand/silt. I hung around the tower waiting for a model to swim by and Rich DeMarco answered the call un-premedatively.
On my my second dive Paul Swanicke buddied up with me and provided a subject for the wreck.
Everyone did at least one dive with most opting to do a second. Several divers were students doing different underwater courses.
With fish out of season we were informed by Jim that only I could shoot anything (with the camera). Some mussels were brought up and this is a nice wreck to do so on as numerous patches of them make the hull their home. The 30' feet from the sand to the main deck allows the mussels to be grit free of sand inside.
It began to blow harder around noon and the seas picked up somewhat but at no time was it rough while we were diving. As we were not heading into the waves coming back in was relatively calm. Conditions on the wreck were pretty decent. Visibility on the wreck varied from 15' to 25'. If one stayed where everybody was or had swam vis was 15/20'. On the bottom and perhaps in other areas visibility was a solid 25'. It was a little bit on the dark sided on the wreck as the water column was a bit cloudy. A mild current flowed on the wreck. The anemones on the hull are beautiful, especially when the tentacles are out.
Everyone appeared to have a good time.
Some photos can be found at:
http://s833.photobucket.com/user/alekpetersen/library/USS%20Algol%20on%2007%20July%202013?sort=3&page=1
Remember to always dive safely.
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