Comments on: The Fascination of Wreck Diving the 7 Seas http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/ Life is what you make it! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Leo http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-58178 Leo Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:52:50 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-58178 L-) The picture of the USS Liberty which goes with your divingstory about Tulamben is the wrong vessel. The USS Liberty which you are showing is a US spyvessel GTR5 (general technical research) which operated for NSA and CIA in the period of 1960-1970. Actually it has been under attack by the Israeli airforce during the 1967 war when it was eavesdropping near the Egypt coast. Many members of the crew have been killed and the vessel was badly damaged. rgrds, Leo
The picture of the USS Liberty which goes with your divingstory about Tulamben is the wrong vessel. The USS Liberty which you are showing is a US spyvessel GTR5 (general technical research) which operated for NSA and CIA in the period of 1960-1970. Actually it has been under attack by the Israeli airforce during the 1967 war when it was eavesdropping near the Egypt coast. Many members of the crew have been killed and the vessel was badly damaged.

rgrds, Leo

]]> By: Living the Good Life in Bali - a Wrap up after 2 Years | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-43740 Living the Good Life in Bali - a Wrap up after 2 Years | nomad4ever Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:02:13 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-43740 [...] cocktail, while surfing the internet to get into the right mood. Swim with dolphins or visit sunken wrecks on the bottom of the ocean. Ride a horse on a beach during sunset or sunrise. You name it, Bali has [...] [...] cocktail, while surfing the internet to get into the right mood. Swim with dolphins or visit sunken wrecks on the bottom of the ocean. Ride a horse on a beach during sunset or sunrise. You name it, Bali has [...]

]]> By: Experiencing Flight Turbulences? Pray or Crash! | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-32319 Experiencing Flight Turbulences? Pray or Crash! | nomad4ever Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:33:55 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-32319 [...] wreckman: Hi… Your photo of the ship GTR-5 is not the “USAT Liberty Glo” that sunk in Bali. GTR-5... [...] [...] wreckman: Hi… Your photo of the ship GTR-5 is not the “USAT Liberty Glo” that sunk in Bali. GTR-5… [...]

]]> By: Taking a Flight? Pray or Crash! | nomad4ever http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-32317 Taking a Flight? Pray or Crash! | nomad4ever Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:27:19 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-32317 [...] wreckman: Hi… Your photo of the ship GTR-5 is not the “USAT Liberty Glo” that sunk in Bali. GTR-5... [...] [...] wreckman: Hi… Your photo of the ship GTR-5 is not the “USAT Liberty Glo” that sunk in Bali. GTR-5… [...]

]]> By: wreckman http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-32211 wreckman Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:35:17 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-32211 Hi... Your photo of the ship GTR-5 is not the "USAT Liberty Glo" that sunk in Bali. GTR-5 is the designation of the "USS Liberty" a spy ship or "General Technical Research" that was attacked by Israel... Hi…

Your photo of the ship GTR-5 is not the “USAT Liberty Glo” that sunk in Bali. GTR-5 is the designation of the “USS Liberty” a spy ship or “General Technical Research” that was attacked by Israel…

]]> By: Danny http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-19119 Danny Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:19:24 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-19119 Nice Article ! Nice Article !

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-18075 Evelyn Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:42:38 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-18075 Thank you for this. I keep wondering what the fascination is with this kind of thing. I think it's the desire to connect with those things we have lost -- to reconnect with our histories. Somehow. Whatever it is, it certainly continues to captivate us. Thank you for this. I keep wondering what the fascination is with this kind of thing. I think it’s the desire to connect with those things we have lost — to reconnect with our histories. Somehow. Whatever it is, it certainly continues to captivate us.

]]> By: TheSkinnyCook http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-16563 TheSkinnyCook Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:50:31 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-16563 Guten Morgen Herr Chris, How do you manage to contact me about this update on your blog? Care for a link exchange? Stef from KL, Malaysia Guten Morgen Herr Chris,

How do you manage to contact me about this update on your blog?

Care for a link exchange?

Stef from KL, Malaysia

]]> By: Chris http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-16524 Chris Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:29:43 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-16524 <p><b>Jay Galvin</b> was so kind and sent the following additional information regarding the 'USS Liberty', which rests at the north-east coast of Bali. Besides the name, I may have to correct the displacement as well, it's only about 6,211 tons, which put her into a category of between C2 and C3:</p> <p><b>USAT Liberty Glo </b></p> <p>USAT Liberty Glo, a United States Army Transport, was built at the Hog Island emergency shipyard in Philadelphia during World War I, but was completed after the November 1918 armistice. Shortly after the U.S. entry into World War II, Liberty Glo was torpedoed and beached on the island of Bali and is now a popular dive site.</p> <p><b>Early history</b><br /> Hog Island Hull No. 517 was laid down as SS Scooba on June 12 1918 but by the time it was launched on June 14 1919 it had been renamed SS Liberty Glo. Delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board on August 2 1919, she was a cargo ship of 5,000 gross tons and 7,825 deadweight tons, 394 feet (120 m) long and 54 feet (16 m) beam. Liberty Glo was the 36th Hog Islander built and one of twelve built as "Type B" troop carriers. (Liberty Glo was not a Liberty Ship, which were a similar concept of vessel built during World War II.)</p> <p>On December 5 1919, the Liberty Glo struck a mine 10 mi (19 km) northwest of Terschelling on the coast of the Netherlands. The explosion broke the hull in two from waterline to waterline at number two cargo hold, the deck plates and bulwarks holding the ship together so that, despite the heavy sea running, the captain was able to get it ashore with no casualties and save most of the US$2,000,000 cargo. Captain Stousland paid the following tribute to the Hog Island product:<br /> She broke close to the rivets but they remained intact, notwithstanding the fact that the number three bulkhead is now the bows and against it the breakers hammered without mercy to my great surprise it remained intact. The Liberty Glo was built as good as any ship afloat and how she hung together after being cut in two was most remarkable. [1] </p> <p><b>Sinking</b><br /> The redesignated USAT Liberty Glo, remeasured at 6,211 tons, was bound from Australia to the Philippines on January 11 1942 with a cargo of railway parts and rubber for the war effort when she was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-166 about 10 mi (19 km) southwest of Lombok Strait (08°54′S 115°28′E). U.S. destroyer USS Paul Jones (DD-230) and Dutch destroyer HNLMS Van Ghent took the damaged ship in tow attempting to reach Singaraja, the Dutch port and administrative centre for the Lesser Sunda Islands, on the north coast of Bali. However she was taking too much water and so was beached on the eastern shore of Bali at Tulamben so that the cargo and fittings could be salvaged.</p> <p>Liberty Glo was one of 58 Hog Islanders that were casualties in World War II.<br /> In 1963 the tremors associated with the eruption of Mount Agung caused the vessel to slip off the beach, and she now lies on a sand slope in 30 to 100 feet (9 to 30 m) of water, providing one of the most popular dives off Bali.</p> <p>Dive operators commonly misname the wreck “USS Liberty”, and it has also been incorrectly referred to as a Liberty Ship, which were a similar concept of vessel built during the Second World War. </p> Jay Galvin was so kind and sent the following additional information regarding the ‘USS Liberty’, which rests at the north-east coast of Bali. Besides the name, I may have to correct the displacement as well, it’s only about 6,211 tons, which put her into a category of between C2 and C3:

USAT Liberty Glo

USAT Liberty Glo, a United States Army Transport, was built at the Hog Island emergency shipyard in Philadelphia during World War I, but was completed after the November 1918 armistice. Shortly after the U.S. entry into World War II, Liberty Glo was torpedoed and beached on the island of Bali and is now a popular dive site.

Early history
Hog Island Hull No. 517 was laid down as SS Scooba on June 12 1918 but by the time it was launched on June 14 1919 it had been renamed SS Liberty Glo. Delivered to the U.S. Shipping Board on August 2 1919, she was a cargo ship of 5,000 gross tons and 7,825 deadweight tons, 394 feet (120 m) long and 54 feet (16 m) beam. Liberty Glo was the 36th Hog Islander built and one of twelve built as “Type B” troop carriers. (Liberty Glo was not a Liberty Ship, which were a similar concept of vessel built during World War II.)

On December 5 1919, the Liberty Glo struck a mine 10 mi (19 km) northwest of Terschelling on the coast of the Netherlands. The explosion broke the hull in two from waterline to waterline at number two cargo hold, the deck plates and bulwarks holding the ship together so that, despite the heavy sea running, the captain was able to get it ashore with no casualties and save most of the US$2,000,000 cargo. Captain Stousland paid the following tribute to the Hog Island product:
She broke close to the rivets but they remained intact, notwithstanding the fact that the number three bulkhead is now the bows and against it the breakers hammered without mercy to my great surprise it remained intact. The Liberty Glo was built as good as any ship afloat and how she hung together after being cut in two was most remarkable. [1]

Sinking
The redesignated USAT Liberty Glo, remeasured at 6,211 tons, was bound from Australia to the Philippines on January 11 1942 with a cargo of railway parts and rubber for the war effort when she was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-166 about 10 mi (19 km) southwest of Lombok Strait (08°54′S 115°28′E). U.S. destroyer USS Paul Jones (DD-230) and Dutch destroyer HNLMS Van Ghent took the damaged ship in tow attempting to reach Singaraja, the Dutch port and administrative centre for the Lesser Sunda Islands, on the north coast of Bali. However she was taking too much water and so was beached on the eastern shore of Bali at Tulamben so that the cargo and fittings could be salvaged.

Liberty Glo was one of 58 Hog Islanders that were casualties in World War II.
In 1963 the tremors associated with the eruption of Mount Agung caused the vessel to slip off the beach, and she now lies on a sand slope in 30 to 100 feet (9 to 30 m) of water, providing one of the most popular dives off Bali.

Dive operators commonly misname the wreck “USS Liberty”, and it has also been incorrectly referred to as a Liberty Ship, which were a similar concept of vessel built during the Second World War.

]]> By: Edward http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-16514 Edward Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:13:40 +0000 http://www.nomad4ever.com/2007/04/19/the-fascination-of-wreck-diving-the-7-seas/#comment-16514 This is a nice article This is a nice article

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