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May 11, 2000

"On May 11, 2000, a team of divers from the Submerged Cultural Resources
Exploration Team (SCRET) successfully completed an exploration dive on the
SS Admiral Sampson.  SCRET is a Washington nonprofit corporation that
promotes the exploration and documentation of submerged cultural resources
in the Pacific Northwest (see www.scret.org)

 The SS Admiral Sampson was a passenger liner, 296 feet long by 36 feet
wide.  Her hull was steel and she had a wooden topside and single stack.
The steamer now lays in 320 feet of water, off of Point No Point in
Admiralty Inlet.  On August 26, 1914, the Admiral Sampson departed Seattle
for Alaska with a full load of passengers and crew.  While passing Point No
Point, she was rammed on the port side by the Princess Victoria and sank
quickly stern first.  The wreck now sits upright on the bottom, with the
wooden structure collapsed onto the steel hull.

This was an incredible dive as the wreck is covered with an amazing amount
of life.  The bottom currents were strong and visibility was 10 - 15 feet.
The divers spent 20 minutes on the wreck at an average depth of 310 feet,
followed by 100 minutes of decompression.  The dive went flawlessly and the
team returned with some great video footage.  Further exploration is
planned.  According to the owners of the wreck, Argonaut Resources, Inc.
(Kent Barnard and Gary Severson), this is the first time scuba divers have
visited the Admiral Sampson.  Argonaut Resources located the wreck in the
early 90s and used a small submersible, ROVs and a Newt suit to recover
artifacts and video the wreck.

The SCRET team consisted of :

Mixed Gas Divers:
    Kevin Connell
    Andrew Georgitsis (Video)
    Walter Jaccard
    Brock Wheaton

Support Divers:
    Mark Tourtellot
    Miranda Alldritt

Boat Captains
    Jay Jordan
    Arron Garcia

Surface Video
    Gary Severson

Surface Support
    Kent Barnard
    Sonya Tittle

This was an excellent dive. For more details see http://www.scret.org

Andrew Georgitsis


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