Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory Archive
IN THE SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA
SBB-3: Ship crows nest
| HURL Artifact No. | SBB-3 | *Denotes approximations and speculations | |||
| Name: | Unknown | Lost: | Unknown | ||
| Artifact Type: | Ship Debris | Found: | 28-Aug-2003 | ||
| Nationality: | *USA | Dive No: | PIV-087 | ||
| Class or Make: | n/a | Location: | Defensive Sea Area | ||
| Model: | n/a | Depth (m): | 115m | ||
| Purpose: | Observation | HURL crew: | Kerby, Wollerman | ||
| Serial Number: | n/a | Additional Dives: | |||
| Built/Launched: | Unknown | ||||
| Length: | *40' | ||||
| Width: | *10' | ||||
| Height: | *10' | ||||
| Circumstance of Loss: | Unknown | Crew Personnel/Position: | n/a | ||
| Reason of Loss: | Unknown | Crew Survivals/Fatalities: | n/a | ||
| Artifact History: | *Possibly a lookout tower from a US warship. | ||||
| Artifact Condition: | A mast and two "crow's nests" with 15' separation. Numerous heavy cables draped around the item. Light, hard marine growth. It is a single mast support with a diameter of roughly 2'. The observation containers are a half cup shape. | ||||
| Additional Information: | The double nest towers are seen on the Battleships of the turn of the century era. Many of these were retrofitted with caged towers around 1910. | ||||
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