"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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Tom Callahan wrote:
Not being SCUBA qualified I can't really answer. I think if a person is
not
qualified, and goes as deep as the Oriskany is supposed to settle, then
that
person may end up qualified for the Darwin Award. I do know that the
hospitals here have invested in equipment and training to handle more
people
with the bends than normally seen in any given year.

Quite right. Diving to the depths where Oriskany will settle without
the proper training tends to be a self-correcting problem. The flight
deck is supposed to be around 130 feet, which is right at the limits of
recreational SCUBA. An investment in hyperbaric chambers seems prudent.

We used to dive the "Mahi" on the west side of Oahu and it was right at
100'. Our bottom time was pretty limited. I don't like going that deep- your
margin of safety decreases real fast. Without my dive table in front of me
I'd guess the bottom time at 130' is no more than 5 minutes.