Episodes

Master Diver Ralph Bowdish takes us back to the Vietnam era of diving and salvage near Saigon. He talks about tunneling in the rivers, rigging for a Bolster lift, and parbuckling using the MK5 and Jack Brown dive rigs. Master Diver Bowdish served on board the USS Florikan ASR-9, USS Tringa ASR-16, and USS Sunbird ASR-15. He also served with Master Diver Sam Adams, Master Diver Sam Sangrey, Master Diver Jerry Whitmer, Guennie Vendeto, Diving Officer/Master Diver Red Thomas, and Master Diver Bob M...

Pepper Shirley talks about his Navy Dive friends Mike Cox, Ralph Bonnen, and Shawn Fannin. Pepper and his friends moved the propellers from in front of the Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center to the Navy Experimental Dive Unit commanding officers parking lot as a practical joke. Pepper also talks about conducting Battle Damage repairs to Navy Ships while stationed on the USS Jason. He supported the mini-subs Alvin and Mystic. He also talks about supporting saturation dives in the Gulf of Mex...

Master Diver Sam Sangrey tells us great Deep-Sea Stories from his time at Harbor Clearance Unit One, USS Sperry AS 12, USS Cape Code AD 43, USS McKee AS 41, and USS Coucal ASR 8. Master Sangrey talks about conducting Battle Damage Repairs on the SS Robinhood in Vietnam. Master Diver Sangrey also remembers great Deep-Sea Divers he served with; Charlie Gross, Robert "Rotten" Moore, Lee Reinhardt, MDV Bill "Blacky" Ensenor, MDV Jim Kerr, MDV Donald McKenzie, MDV R.C. Hall, MDV Ortiz, MDV Frank Bosk...

Navy Diver Dave Guerra and I talk about Navy Divers and Sailors we served with on the USS Reclaimer ARS 42. Our Deep-Sea Stories covers 7 years of USS Reclaimer history from 1988 up to USS Reclaimer decommissioning in 1994.