Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory Archive
IN THE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA
AIR-11: Pontoon
| HURL Artifact No. | AIR-11 | *Denotes approximations and speculations | |||
| Name: | Unknown | Lost: | Unknown | ||
| Artifact Type: | Aircraft Pontoon | Found: | 23-Aug-04 | ||
| Nationality: | USA | Dive No: | PV-557 | ||
| Class or Make: | *Floatplane | Location: | Kewalo | ||
| Model: | Unknown | Depth (m): | 405m | ||
| Purpose: | Sea Landings | HURL crew: | T. Kerby, M. Cremer, H. Van Tilburg | ||
| Serial Number: | Unknown | Additional Dives: | |||
| Built/Launched: | Unknown | ||||
| Length: | *14' | ||||
| Width: | *4' | ||||
| Height: | *2' | ||||
| Circumstance of Loss: | Unknown | Crew Personnel/Position: | Unknown | ||
| Reason of Loss: | Unknown | Crew Survivals/Fatalities: | Unknown | ||
| Artifact History: | Unknown | ||||
| Artifact Condition: | Heavy damage and decay towards the stern. Stern tip is not present. | ||||
| Additional Information: | There is another pontoon in the vicinity thought to be from a OS2U Kingfisher. The wreckage of the Marshall Mars is also in this general vicinity. The Mars had small pontoons below each wing that very closely resembles this pontoon. Damage is consistent with that of other portions of the Mars. This pontoon is 400m away from the nearest Mars wreckage. | ||||
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Revised March 18, 2019 by Meagan Putts
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