It's been nearly 2 months since the memorial plaque for Steve Donathon was placed on the Yukon ( http://www.mydivinglife.com/Missy/1948/Wreck+Diving+Weekend.html ) and while I've done dives on the Yukon since then, I haven't been back to the bridge area where the plaque is until this dive. As I descended down the line, I could clearly see the ship when I hit 28 ft- but vertical vis is almost always better than horizontal, so I wasn't expecting 40ft vis down there. When I saw the plaque, I let go of the line and swam over to it~ and suddenly realized that I wasn't alone.. a sleek sea lion buzzed by me.. :) Vis turned out to be a respectable 30+ft down there, but there was quite a current blowing so I stayed in areas where I was shielded. The first thing I noticed about the plaque was that the lock on the bottom right was rusted out and broken, but it was due to salt water and not being tampered with..
Next, I noticed the chain is rusting.. (notice the little resident on the bottom corner).
Next it was time to poke around a little bit, so I dropped in and checked out the toilet, lol.. Pics are of the toilet and bathroom wall (yeah I know its called a "head"). While I was down there, another seal came out of one of the ship's cutouts- doing some penetration diving in search of lunch I guess.. :o)
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