Comments on: Shipwrecks in the Santa Barbara Channel

By: sailtimeci

sailtimeci — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:13:56 +0000

Hi Clarence,
That is the Irving Johnson which ran aground trying to get into the Channel Islands Harbor in Southern California. It was an epic effort to get her off the beach. She was ultimately repaired and sails again! More here -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Johnson_(ship)

By: Clarence Baker

Clarence Baker — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:47:27 +0000

The ship in the picture , where did this happen ? did they get her reflooted again ? she`s such a beautiful ship, what was her name ?I was just wondering , I lost my old ship 750 miles w. of Guam ,in 3.6 mile`s deep water ,it was a old minesweeper uss force mso445 , she went down in 1973,she was all wood , she got a fire in the engine room ,and it got out of control , burnt a hole in the builge`s,under one of the Packard V- 12 engine`s.that`s hard to deal with ,after all these year`s I still think of her .sorry to bother you , I got the two master picture as my background on my computer.thank`s Ed.

By: Mike Ruel

Mike Ruel — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:54:43 +0000

This is an awesome history of the wrecks in the Western Islands … thanks for sharing this!