Visibility on the wreck today was about 20'. This time I saw all that was left of the entire ship. I followed my compass towards the center of the bay and eventually saw the remains of the side of the hull rising up about 4 feet from the sand (30' deep). Towards the bow (swimming towards the head of the bay) the hull sides gradually grew shorter and disappeared under the eelgrass. I swam back to the center of the ship where a large boiler sat on its side and nearby, away from the ship, a second boiler sat standing on end. This one must have been dropped here during an unsuccessful salvage attempt. Just past the boilers, a shaft ran through a stern tube towards the stern. So far, I'd seen this all before, but now I continued to swim aft. Compared to the forward end of the ship, there were more large riveted iron plates from the hull and deck here. The hull sides had collapsed outwards and the deck fell down on top. There were 2 large crankshafts lying on the deck. A school of black rockfish swam above them. Nearby, I saw 2 Puget Sound king crabs. The max. depth at the stern was 42'. This is a spot worth diving once or twice, but now that I've seen it all, I probably won't make an effort to come back for awhile.
