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2012-04-30 C-53 Wreck Dive

An Admiral Class gun boat named FELIPE XICOTANCATL C-53. " From 1962 to 1999 she patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexican Caribbean sea serving in rescue missions and patrolling for illegal arms and drugs. ... Originally built in Tampa at the Wilson Marine Shipworks in 1944. Measuring 184 feet long, 33 feet wide and 40 feet high from keel to the top of the super structure, this ship was put into service as mine sweeper for the US Navy as SCUFFLES."
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  • The ship's deck, looking toward the stern. Perhaps for divers' safety, part of the deck appears to have been removed before the wreck was sunk in 1999.
  • An air vent on the main deck is sealed.
  • The stern. The buoy line is tied to the stern. The ship sits upright at 82 feet.
  • Looking out a porthole of the ship's helm at the bow and two divers.
  • Porthole with diver in the distance.
  • Feather Star on the ship's super structure.
  • At the crow's nest area, the top of the super structure of the ship.
  • Engine Room.
  • Stairs in the engine room lead to a catwalk above the engines.
  • Engine Room.
  • Engine Room
  • A passageway below deck.
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  • Using our dive lights to explore the passageways in the wreck's interior. A ladder is on the right.
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