Bishop Inverted

Local Name:

Bishop Inverted

Depth:

About 50 feet.

Anchoring:

Simply tie off on the surface buoy for Bishop Upright (see the page for Bishop Upright for details) and swim over to this wreck from there.

Location:

Latitude Longitude
Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds
8 43 48.480 167 43 20.460
8 43.80800 --------- 167 43.34100 ---------
8.73013 --------- --------- 167.72235 --------- ---------

Notes:

This wreck was discovered by Jim Bishop. Jim got very lucky that day and discovered this right after he found Bishop Upright which is just a few feet away and easily seen from this wreck.

Photos:

Here's Blair Barnett taking a look at the bow.
Here's a shot of the screws from directly astern. There's a hole in the hull right between the two shafts. I suspect this is how these LCMs are scuttled.
Just another shot of the props from the side.

Nearby Attractions:


A few words of caution are due here!

While I believe that this data is fairly accurate, one must apply some common sense when using this data. If the point of origin is a coral head, you may have anchored at a slightly different spot than I did and your bearing to the next attraction could be slightly different than mine. I suggest checking with your own GPS before rolling in!

Also, know roughly how fast you swim so that you know approximately how long it should take to reach the next attraction. You can (and likely will) miss things from time-to-time and you should know when to abort and turn around before you are too far from your boat.

I strongly urge you to try the shorter swims first and build your navigation skills. I have set the cutoff distance for this table to 750 feet, but that is a considerable challenge even for the best navigators. An error of more than a few degrees in poor visibility and you can easily miss your destination at the extreme ranges!

From: Bishop Inverted
AttractionDistance (feet)Bearing (deg mag)
MAR Fill Coral Head 608 153
Fischer Rubble Wreck #1 571 85
Bishop Upright 44 57
Phu Maru 667 245
GBR Rubble Wreck #2 328 270
Curry/Zurick LCM 717 314
Hamel/Bishop Inverted 276 194


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Created by Dave Fortin

Fri Sep 3 01:50:33 UTC 2010