(H Van Tilburg NOAA ONMS) Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver:Īn historic two-seat naval aircraft sits upright in the sand of Mā`alaea Bay near Kīhei, landing gear retracted. Survey students transcribing the measured sketches from their underwater slates onto the site plan. No trace of vessel name or registration could be found. It appears that much of her equipment was later salvaged, and an unsuccessful attempt made (lifting lines still at bow and stern) to raise the vessel. This sail boat seems to have sunk at her mooring. The shallow location provided more dive time for training. This wreck was chosen as a training opportunity for baseline trilateration, the basic hands-on recording method for accurately mapping wreck sites underwater. Plan view drawing of the training site, showing hull and features, rigging, and piles of bottles. Piles of discarded wine and Bailey's whiskey bottles are distributed nearby in the sand. The cabin superstructure, engine, batteries, mast, boom, and other major components are missing. The vessel's wheel and second anchor are located within the stern. Lines are also wrapped around the hull at bow and stern. An anchor line remains attached to the bow, and emerges again from the sand approximately 60 feet to the north, attached to a small admiralty-style anchor. Numerous rigging elements, VHF radio, and forestay wrapped with the jib (roller-reefing system) lie outboard on the sediment. General site descriptions and preliminary site interpretations follow in the order that the dive team documented each location:Ī 38-foot single-mast sailing vessel (sloop) lies canted over on her starboard side in Mā`alaea Bay near Kīhei. The 2011 survey team produced scaled drawings and photographs of six wreck sites. (J Kuwabara University of Hawai`i Marine Option Program ) Interpreting the Past: Shipwrecks as History Results and Site Interpretations University of Hawai`i divers above the stern of the vessel, the Mā`alaea Bay training site.
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