Scuba Diving on the C53 Minesweeper | Cozumel | Mexico
Vintage Scuba Diving on the C53 Minesweeper | Cozumel | Mexico
C53 rests at a depth of approximately 100'
Length: 184.6'
Displacement: 650 tons
Beam: 33'
Armament:
-1 x 3"/50 caliber DP gun
-2 x twin Bofors 40mm guns
-1 x Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
-2 x depth charge tracks
USS Scuffle (am-298) was an admirable-class minesweeper built for the US Navy during World War II. She was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation and five battle stars for service in the Pacific during WW2. Scuffle was decommissioned in June 1946 and placed in reserve. While reserved, Scuffle was reclassified as MSF-298 in Feb '55, but never reactivated. In October '62, she was sold to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM DM-05. 1994, she was renamed ARM General Felipe Xicotencatl (C53).
C53 was sunk as an artificial reef and dive attraction off of Cozumel in 1999.
"Vintage" scuba diving with my custom rebuilt 1958 double hose Aquamaster regulator and with an Aqualung porthole mask!
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