"Each wreck (story) has two parts: There's the wreck itself on the bottom, and the history of what it went through to end up on the bottom." Tane Casserley said. "Most of these wreck are war graves. People died on these (ships) going down in horrible ways. Some of the vessels lost up to twenty guys that went down in burning flames and drowned."
In the case of the freighter Portland, which ran aground in 1943, the July 2021 expedition marked the first time investigators have visited the site.
Another visit is planned for the summer of 2022, in partnership with the heritage-presentation group known as Diving with a Purpose. A member of that group was a volunteer in the July expedition according to officials.
Side scan data was collected at each of the 13 wrecks during the expedition. The new sonar imaging will provide a better idea of what remains of the wrecks on the sea floor, officials said.
--GreGen
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