I would like to thank all of you that have been emailing the dive team with your support. we are all now back doing what we were doing before heading to Jakarta. we are also down loading pictures and video to our computer getting ready to put them all together for the reunion in 2009. I hope to get some DVD made up and send out to the Survivors. It is going to take time to put all this together. I will also be putting photos on this web page too. so stay tune and keep checking the site for updates.

again I would like to thank all that help in getting this trip done and those that read our day by day story.

we are now in Japan, waiting for our flight back to the states. it has been a long two weeks and this flight is even longer. I hope to get back and start working on getting all the pictures up and running on this site. the video from videoray will be coming to me in two weeks. i will not be able to put them on the site right a way, but may try and take stills off them for the sight. you can see some of the pictures and sonar picture on viedoray link on usshouston.org or usshouston.com. david stories and events are good reading. i was so busy at the end making dives and moving the ROV to driffent spots on the ship. there are still alot of area that i would like to put the ROV. the dive team was talking about making an other trip in May of 2010. on this trip it will take over $25,000.00 that we will have to raise to make it. i'm going to close for now. dive team out.

This is from Jolene logs of the trips. still have to put in what the divers did while on the Houston. we are getting ready to put the ROV in the water with blueview but ran into a cable problem. hoping to get it fix. we did a test run and it work good. some sonar pictue of the aft tower. we also lost the side scan sonar just before the water started to get flat and the currents got slower. today is a good day to dive. we only have untill 2 pm before going back to Jakarta. we are going to ride the dive boat back. four hour trip to the dock. David has fix the cable problem and the ROV over the side. I'm getting ready to follow it down with the video camera. have been having trouble with it too. It is hard out here on equipment and you can not just run down to the local store to get what you need. so far David and Videoray has brought the gear they needed. could not replace the side scan sonar while out here. will try next trip in 2010. David is getting some sonar pictures but lost the video to videoray which he does not need right now, due to seeing with the sonar. will update later, from the hotel room in Jakarta.

March 6,2008

Arrived late to the boat. Had breakfast at hotel.

Frist dive 8:09 am Jerry and Jolene dove down safety line took several pictures.
Picked up flags and swam aft over to the hanger bay and rehung the flags. Took more pictures then swam back to the safety line. Then over to the officer qtr hatch. Ran into jellyfish on the way up. Back in the boat at 9:00 am.

Eunju and Brad went down the same time as Jerry and Jolene but headed to another section. They went thru the hanger bay, pass the small tower back to the hanger bay. They picked up the anchor we located earlier and brought it up.

Dave was on the boat took the ROV out of the turret and flew it around outside. No current.

!0:45 am Jerry and Dave went down to move the ROV out of turret. Brad at the control while Dave fixed the talons. Back up at 11:18 am.

Disaster line had to be constantly cut.
11:20 am ROV being driven by Dave.

Lunch boiled sweet potatoes and fish the captain caught earlier.
11:25 Brad picture taken with the new fish caught.

Brad and the small boat went out to the second bouy Back hatch #3.

4PM left for shore currents not right for more dives.

Stopped by hotel before going into Cilagon for dinner.
Hana Korean restaurant Freid shrimp,sweet sour chicken Korean soup coke and water

Then back to the hotel for the night.





March7,2008

Breakfast at hotel Rice porridge all around

Johnny late picking us up. 7:50 am

Dive 1 835:am Jerry and Brad clipped line to bring ROV in.
8:45 Eunju and Jolene dove down safety line took pictures forward and just before the hanger bay,large tower. Best dive ever really clear.

Dave on boat working sonar.

Dave dove alone and was back on the boat at 10:31 Went to the main tower forward and back 100 ft of the safety line each way.

Dive 2 Jerry Brad, Eunju and Jolene dove thru the hanger bay and went around to . Murky in spots. Jolenes weight not right she came up before us.
Brad and Jolene stung by the little jellyfish on the way up.

Daniel brought out Helen and Dameian from Australia to put a wreth on the Perth.
While Daniel,Dave Damian Helen went to the Perth we entertained the Man from London who was trying to buy a boat from Daniel.

Lunch noodles,eggs and greens
Conference with Daniel

11:35 current picking up Diver safety check played with sting ray with ROV
Conversations with the Ausrtalians and London man. All went to shore in the very tiny small boat
We got Damian and Helen a room at the Pulorida and went to dinner at the Simpang Raya Restaruant.

10:30 pm Dave called his daughters social studies class. 9:30 am Central time..







March 8,2008

Rained during the night, Poured.

7:00 am at boat dock, Johnny late. Brad and Eunju bought rice cakes from the villagers of Pasir Kali.
Had to wait for Johnny to buy gas when he finally showed up.

Breakfast on boat, fried chicken,fish and eggs.

8:29 am ROV check,fish on line tangled on safety line. Water murky.

8:30 Divers getting ready to deploy the ROV
8:40 am Divers in the water. Eunju,Brad and Jerry.
8:41 am ROV following divers down the safety line.
Brad has the ROV current picking up. Put in the hatch
ROV flying inside the hatch.
9:01 break for Dave
ROV flying
9:16 am break for Dave. Divers back on board with the fish.
Light rain
10:02 am Dave getting ready for dive,changing over to Steele tank this time.
10:10 am Dave down
No dives for Jolene today.
Raining
10:40 Dave out of the water.
ROV hatch straight back to tip stern came back to rudder,propeller shaft,back over hull, down to the rear tower back again to the rudder.
11:16 ROV flying.
11:18 Eunju and Brad going down to recover the tile,his lost flashlight and 2 flags.
11:30 Dave break form flying the ROV.
11:47 ROV flying around second hatch.
12:30 Pictures of the team.
Afternoon ROV flying off and on.
2:16 ROV stuck Break time.
ROV unstuck parked
Let for shore.
Brad and Eunju took us to the Blue Moon in Anyer for dinner. Meet up with their friend Terry, his wife and son Matthew age 4.



March 9,2008

5:55 am rained really hard.
Brad and Eunju dropped us off at the village pier. They are headed to Jakarta then back home to Korea
Johnny picked us up with the small boat and almost ran over fishing nets on the way to the Barracuda..
7:35 am ROV flying. Puffer fish in view outside the hatch thru the nets.
Sunny now.

First dive Jerry and Dave to move the ROV

Daniel came out today

10:00 am Dive plan dicussion

Second dive 10:40 am
Jerry to go first to clip tether loose.
Daniel to take video camera
Dave to feed line
Daniel caught a grouper
Tether management for ROV
ROV retreval out of hanger bay moved to large deck opening in hanger bay
Lots of phot op.

11:15 Dave flying the ROV
12:55 stopped flying the ROV

Getting ready for the next dive
Jerry,dave and Daniel to uncoil the ROV Jolene to work ROV controls aboard
2:03 pm out of the water visual ability ok dive 33mins
Back to the hanger bay ROV,large tower forward
Daniel sent up another large grouper

Jelly sandwiches fixed by Daniel
Third dive
3:00 pm next dive to recover ROV so blu view sona can be added to it
Daniel caught another fish
Daniel, Jerry and Dave dove this one.

Fourth dive
3:38pm Daniel and Dave to go after and bring up the ROV

Jerry, Dave and Jolene ready to go ashore. Waiting for Daniel to finish his dive
Daniel always stays down longer than anyone.

Johnny drove us back to Cilegon to pizza hut for dinner. McDonalds ice crean for dessert.
Found car had to find Johnny.
March 10,2008

Left Pulorida hotel with all our gear. Checked out.
Johnny slept in car, ready to pick us up.

Said our goodbys to little Fahad in Pasir Kali village.

Small boat to the Barracuda village fishing boats had the harbor blocked with all the nets.

7:30 am Dave putting Blu view sonar on the ROV. Change out parts

Jolene got her equipment cleaned so it can dry out.
Jerry gathering up his stuff getting ready to leave tonight

the ROV got into the hatch and took some good pictures of the first and second decks of the ship. we did find the bed springs that were taken by David Falott. they have moved alittle so they do not line up the same. find fans, more bed springs and some lockers. there was also a lot more items. we will look at the video and log what we have seen when we get back to the USA. we lose half the dive team tomorrow as they start to head home. we will play more with the ROV and see what we get. the diving today was some what good. had trouble with the underwater video camera so we did not get any video today. got some stills pictures, but they could have been better. the current came about 12 noon and had to stopped the diving. headed back to shore for the night. will write later.

i will have to up date later, had a big day. got some clear water. took some video, hope they came out. move the dive boat to aft part of ship; will put the rov in the hatch in the morning. had some vister from the perth. took them over to the perth for an hour to lay a some flowers. will write more tomorrow.