Diving is a passion for some people and at the bottom of the sea, the divers come across several things that are totally out of their expertise. That is when archaeologists come into the picture and many divers are left astonished after knowing the significance and importance of their findings.

There are several things that divers find at the bottom of the seas and oceans. Some of them are treasures that have been lost to the world several years ago and are thought to be lost in an abyss and that were never expected to be found.

USS Oriskany

USS Oriskany was named after the Battle of Oriskany during the Revolutionary War. The ship served in the Korean War as well as in World War II. The vessel operated in the 1970s primarily in the Pacific Ocean and for its service in the Korean War earned two stars and five stars for its service in the Vietnam War. 

Artificial Reef

It was decommissioned in 1976 and was scrapped in 1995. It was decided to sink her in 2004 and in the year 2006 after removing the toxic substances from the vessel it was finally sunk. It got engulfed by a coral reef and is the largest vessel sunk to make a reef.

Trains

You might have heard of many train memorial park but none would be like the one we are going to tell you about.

Back in 1850, two of the locomotives went missing and were adhered to be lost and this was an open and shut case as no one could figure out where these locomotives went.

A Submerged One

Paul Hepler found this back in 1985 when he was mapping the bottom of the ocean when he came across something about whose origin he was unclear. When he went close he saw two large metal objects and on further investigation, it was found that they were the same locomotives.

Yonaguni Monument

The sea off Yonaguni becomes a hugely visited diving location in winters because of the large numbers of hammerhead sharks. But who would have thought that a diver whose main aim was to find and analyze the sharks would come across something that would leave everyone surprised?

What’s That?

One day in 1986, while diving, a diver found a submerged architectural site. It is not clear whether it is natural or man-made but it is believed that it got submerged after an earthquake. Experts have a theory that the structure is about 5,000 years old.