My partner heavyD and I ran the line off the new stern of the Radford when we went looking for the original stern after being the first to find it was gone on Friday, 10-7-11. Ted, with OCDiver got us hooked into the Bridge structure right at the break. On our first dive, using scooters we went down to the sand and started running the starboard side towards the stern. We were looking for the prop shafts, but the hull has settled into the sand to the bilge keels and imagine our surprise when the ship ended in a sharp tear across the hull with the stern section gone. If you look at an overhead of the stern. There is a round gunmount with a square hatchway astern of it with a railing for the upper deck. Th ship is broke/torn right behind the rail. The stern is missing. On our second dive we followed the line Ted had laid to the bow first and explored that, then returned to the stern. heavyD laid out near 300-400 feet of line directly astern looking for the stern section. Failing to find it we started sweeping left and ran into what we soon discovered was the Gregory Poole wreck. heavyD tied off to that and we explored it for a few before returning to the Radford. We did not find the stern, but it's got to be out there somewhere. We were on heavyD's scooters again so we were able to cover a lot of ground. A great day for diving with <2 foot seas, sunshine and 10 to 30 foot vis in places.
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