• Published On: December 22, 2024

    Overview of 2024 BAREG had a good year in 2024, we made the first BAREG trip to the U-869, a recce of the USS Katahdin wreck site, and collaborated with the Naval History and Heritage Command to remove samples of […]

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  • Bareg U-1105 Buoy Ops 2024 - Buoy Landed

2024 Buoy Ops Finex

By |December 22, 2024|

Three BAREG divers, supported by three M/V My Purpose Holds boat crew, retrieved the U-1105 wreck site mooring buoy from its station in the lower Potomac River. Weather was fair topside, water T was 41 [...]

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BAREG Fall 2024 Update

By |November 12, 2024|

NAS Training In mid-October, three BAREG members completed Nautical Archaeology Society skills training. Congratulations to Billie, Kevin, and João. As always, many thanks to Troy for tutoring the class and spending hours in the dinghy [...]

  • BAREG NAS Class 24-2, 6 OCT 2024 (from left to right): Billie T., Kevin M., João S., and instructor Troy N. on the D/V My Purpose Holds (photo source: BAREG/Fred Engle).

BAREG Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) Class 2-24

By |October 16, 2024|

Congratulations to the three BAREG members who completed NAS skills training the weekend of 5 & 6 October. Many thanks to the instructor, Troy N. for leading the third BAREG NAS class. BAREG is an [...]

  • 1. BAREG divers basking in the warmth of the 20-foot deco stop on ascent from the U-869. Photo Source: Fred Engle/BAREG

BAREG Update II – Late Summer 2024

By |October 7, 2024|

U-869 – 25 AUG Five BAREG divers made our group’s first dive on the U-869, the wreck made famous in the book Shadow Divers.  The U-869 lies 56 miles offshore from Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey, [...]

  • Source: Library of Congress Bow view of the USS Katahdin, note the ships boats are resting on curved beams and the high relief bridge, with searchlight, with the cylindrical armored conn below

BAREG Update – Late Summer 2024

By |August 20, 2024|

U-853 – 13&14 JUL The first of two planned trips to the U-853 was partially impacted by weather (WX). Saturday was blown out, but the four BAREG divers squeezed in two dives late Sunday afternoon. [...]

BAREG 2024 Summer Update

By |July 15, 2024|

1. U-1105 Dives On Saturday, 29 June 2024, six BAREG divers dove the U-1105 in the lower Potomac River from the M/V My Purpose Holds. Conditions topside were good, much better than the NWS forecast [...]

By |June 15, 2024|

1. 2024 Activities Completed: 27 JAN - BAREG Annual Symposium The symposium featured three excellent presentations: K.A. Nelson’s presentation on his forthcoming book, Killing Shores – Uncle Karl’s Master Plan: Bringing War to the United [...]

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U-1105 Fall Buoy Operations

By |December 10, 2023|

Over the weekend of 2&3 December 2023, seven BAREG members conducted fall buoy operations and retrieved the U-1105 mooring buoy from the wreck site and returned it to Tall Timbers Marina for cleaning and maintenance. [...]

  • Port outboard screw, USS Oriskany (CV-34) (Engle)
  • NAS Training, Lower Potomac River & Tributary
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Mid-Autumn Update 2023

By |October 21, 2023|

Activities USS Oriskany (CV-34) Dive Trip, 23 & 24 September BAREG made a second trip to the Oriskany this year. Two divers made the trip to Florida’s Gulf Coast to explore the world’s largest artificial [...]

  • Engine order telegraph, engine room, SS Rose Castle, Conception Bay, Newfoundland

BAREG Update – Late Summer 2023

By |September 5, 2023|

Ebb and Flow Chris Sweeney has stepped down from the Deputy Ops Coordinator position due to his decision to leave the madness of the Beltway behind. He will serve on as BAREG’s member representative in [...]

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BAREG Donates U-boat Model to the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum

By |June 8, 2023|

BAREG has donated a detailed scale model of the U-1105 to the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Historic Park.  The donation was made possible with funding from the Maryland Historical Trust (MHT). In 2020, BAREG [...]

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BAREG Update 24 MAY 2023

By |May 24, 2023|

1. SS Atlas Survey We will resume our survey of the SS Atlas, 17-24 June. For divers already signed on, we are requiring a nominal $200.00 deposit for participating in the project. You can make [...]

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