It's so sad that our own US Navy sunk the USS Independence and left all of that waste on board.. Obviously they weren't thinking about the future too much huh?? Pretty interesting to see the plethora of sponges on Independence...do they thrive on nuclear waste?? That is one thing to really ponder!!, Never ever heard of the USS Independence before...so this was definitely a eye opener for me!! Thank you for sharing this with us all! Very informative and interesting!!
@mrgreen7618 Yes, after I responded I saw that in the video. I had never seen anything before about barrels of waste. I do know they made an extensive attempt to clean her and several other ships.
Ok, so I was reading a Wikipedia article about the first California road and the information winded up getting me all the way to Farallon islands which got me to look at history of the USS Independence. Great ship. I like the hellcat. Independence fought in ww2
There are areas in Hunter's Point where the contaminated sandblasting media from Crossroads target ships that the Navy had tried to recover was discarded.
Keep in mind, very little was understood about radiation and nuclear waste in the 1940s. It was only later that further understanding of the problems nuclear radiation causes.
Pity, sort of. Bet she would have had more recognition as a notable wreck (and gravesite) had she been a Cleveland Class Cruiser lost in a shootout with Axis forces instead of a Frankenstein almost an escort carrier that was almost sunk as a target twice, then scuttled years after The War. More sturdy than one might expect, right?
@mnoliberal7335 I don't believe any Cleveland class light cruisers were lost in the war. Brooklyn class USS Helena was lost, only one I can think of off the top of my head. Bunch of prewar heavy cruisers though.
@mnoliberal7335 Also, Independence class CVLs were nothing like an Escort carrier. Much heavier, faster, carried more aircraft, and were far better protected. Only one, the Princeton CVL-23, was lost during the war.
National Geographic did a special on Independence. They have ROV images of the barrels inside the hanger.
It's so sad that our own US Navy sunk the USS Independence and left all of that waste on board.. Obviously they weren't thinking about the future too much huh??
Pretty interesting to see the plethora of sponges on Independence...do they thrive on nuclear waste?? That is one thing to really ponder!!,
Never ever heard of the USS Independence before...so this was definitely a eye opener for me!!
Thank you for sharing this with us all!
Very informative and interesting!!
Hmmm, a wreck containing nuclear waste containers rotting away while it is covered in sea growth. I'm pretty sure this is how Kaiju are created.🤣
I wouldn’t even doubt it either pal in around 50 yrs there will be a being coming outta the water with 3 heads
It'll be a glass sponge kaiju.
Where do you get she has nuclear waste containers? She couldn't be decontamination and safely returned to service.
She was sunk with them on apparently
@mrgreen7618 Yes, after I responded I saw that in the video. I had never seen anything before about barrels of waste. I do know they made an extensive attempt to clean her and several other ships.
Ok, so I was reading a Wikipedia article about the first California road and the information winded up getting me all the way to Farallon islands which got me to look at history of the USS Independence. Great ship. I like the hellcat. Independence fought in ww2
Thanks for the look at her wreck.
That's a lot of glass sponges growing on Independence. It makes me wonder if it's a side effect of the radiation from the nuclear waste...
Thanks, Skynea. Take care.
I have a Blue Jackets Manual from a sailor who served on this ship. He kept a war diary on the inside of the cover.
That’s Coda Echoscope 3D sonar imaging at 2:45 , 3:15 that was deployed on AUV
There are areas in Hunter's Point where the contaminated sandblasting media from Crossroads target ships that the Navy had tried to recover was discarded.
Some of the things the US has done with nuclear weapons and waste reminds one of a toddler handling a pistol.
same with the refusal to do anything about cleaning it up, saying it's not our concern
If you think that's bad, the Soviets were far worse.
Keep in mind, very little was understood about radiation and nuclear waste in the 1940s. It was only later that further understanding of the problems nuclear radiation causes.
Unfair assessment of the mindset of the time, we knew very little about it.
In this case, a "toddler with a pistol" is accruate @@soldierski1669
Pity, sort of. Bet she would have had more recognition as a notable wreck (and gravesite) had she been a Cleveland Class Cruiser lost in a shootout with Axis forces instead of a Frankenstein almost an escort carrier that was almost sunk as a target twice, then scuttled years after The War. More sturdy than one might expect, right?
@mnoliberal7335 I don't believe any Cleveland class light cruisers were lost in the war. Brooklyn class USS Helena was lost, only one I can think of off the top of my head. Bunch of prewar heavy cruisers though.
@mnoliberal7335 Also, Independence class CVLs were nothing like an Escort carrier. Much heavier, faster, carried more aircraft, and were far better protected. Only one, the Princeton CVL-23, was lost during the war.
Sponge Bob cameo at 9:13
Sponges seem to enjoy atomic waste 😮
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So USS Independence is basicaly real life Bikini Bottom?