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narrator: Tonight on
"The Bermuda Triangle:
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Into Cursed Waters."
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- It's something
big down there.
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- This is adventure, man.
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[laughs]
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narrator: Two identical
ships simply vanish.
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- And still to this day,
nobody knows what happened.
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[dramatic music]
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narrator: Were they victims
of a hidden Bermuda
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Triangle threat?
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- I always thought tsunamis
were caused by earthquakes.
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narrator: A massive new wreck
may hold the answers.
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- Yeah, yeah.
- Yes, holy [bleep]!
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That's the wreck.
That's the hull.
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- Yeah.
- That's the hull.
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♪ ♪
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- Holy crap.
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♪ ♪
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narrator:
There is a place that evokes
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fear and fascination.
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Bounded by Florida,
Bermuda, and Puerto Rico,
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the Bermuda Triangle has
swallowed countless ships,
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planes, and people.
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Now, an elite team
is on the hunt--
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- Dive, dive, dive.
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narrator:
And making big finds.
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- We've discovered
"Challenger."
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narrator:
Their secret weapon--
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a wreck map decades
in the making.
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- These are dangerous dives.
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- Ah!
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- Any sane person would
not be doing this.
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narrator: Their mission, solve
the mystery of the Bermuda
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Triangle, one wreck at a time.
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- Dude, are you seeing this?
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- Mother Nature is going
to take these wrecks away.
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The clock is ticking.
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♪ ♪
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- We like discovering history,
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being the first ones
to know a wreck name.
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There's, like,
three main pillars of this.
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It's research,
skill, and luck.
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Basically, you have to
be a Swiss Army knife
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to do this at the level
we're doing it.
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narrator: Today,
wreck hunters Mike Barnette
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and Jimmy Gadomski
are heading 5 miles
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off the Florida coast,
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going after a mystery wreck
at the tip of the Bermuda
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Triangle on Mike's map.
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The wreck is called Big 650,
because of its depth
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and rumors of its large size.
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- The reason we know
about this wreck
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is because fishermen
know about this wreck.
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- They've been fishing
it for a long time.
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So it's been down
there quite a bit.
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narrator: Big 650 has
never been explored.
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Its ID remains a mystery.
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But there are clues.
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- Based on the size,
the attributes of the wreck,
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the position, we're
fairly certain this
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is a World War II shipwreck.
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narrator: And that
means it could
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be the key to an 80-year-old
Bermuda Triangle mystery--
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the disappearance
of two Canadian sister ships
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named "Proteus" and "Nereus."
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- These were large ships,
each of them 520 feet long,
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and they're identical.
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- And still to this day,
nobody knows what happened.
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narrator: November 23, 1941,
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the first ship,
the SS "Proteus,"
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sets sail from the Caribbean
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and heads north
back towards Canada.
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But this is far
from a routine run.
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World War II is raging.
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- One of the important
things is that in 1941,
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Canada was at war.
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- They had declared war
on Germany, just a week
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after Great Britain did.
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narrator:
The seas are no longer
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safe for Canadian ships.
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A passenger liner
bound for Canada
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had already been sunk
by a Nazi torpedo.
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- You bet that set
off alarm bells.
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narrator:
"Proteus" has made this run
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twice before without incident.
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But this time, under
clear skies and calm seas,
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she vanishes.
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- Really, the most
sad part of the story
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is the fact that 58 men
went missing that day.
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And there's some even
as young as 16 and 17
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on board "Proteus"
when she went missing.
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narrator: And then
the story gets even stranger.
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Just two weeks later,
on December 10,
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the SS "Nereus," a second ship
identical to the "Proteus,"
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embarks
on the exact same journey.
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And then she vanishes as well.
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- Two sister ships
doing the same route,
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you know, just weeks apart,
go missing without a trace.
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- No one ever hears
from them again.
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- How do you lose
two 500-foot-plus
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ships without an SOS call?
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No distress at all.
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narrator:
The Big 650 wreck has
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both the size and the location
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to match the missing ships.
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- In times of peace, you would
have taken a straight route.
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But this is time of war.
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narrator: Seeking safety,
ships would often
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hug the coast,
a route that lines
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up with the Big 650 wreck.
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- Two minutes to target.
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Two minutes to target.
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narrator: At 650 feet,
this wreck
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is too deep to safely dive,
even for Mike and Jimmy.
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So the team has brought in
Captain Dave Nielson
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with the RV "Pricus,"
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a former U.S. Navy ship.
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- "Pricus" was
originally "MHS-3."
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MHS stands for
Mine Hunter SWATH.
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Most of the work these boats
have done has been classified.
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narrator: The "Pricus" comes
loaded with all the tech
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needed to hunt big wrecks.
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First, multibeam sonar,
which images
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large swaths of seafloor
searching for the wreck.
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Then comes phase two.
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A second sonar,
known as a side scan,
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will build a detailed
model of the site.
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[beeping]
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Then,
the most critical stage--
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the ROV, an underwater robot
equipped with a 4K camera that
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will allow the team to be
the first people to lay eyes
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on this wreck since it sank.
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- All right, we're in business.
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narrator: They begin phase
one, the broad multibeam.
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In the sonar room,
Rachel Bobich scans the target
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area for any signs of Big 650.
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- Coming up on something.
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- There we go, yeah.
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- Little debris.
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- Oh, oh!
- Nice structure, yeah.
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- There we go, there we go.
All right.
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- [laughs]
- We got a wreck.
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- Whoo-hoo!
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- Oh, wow.
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narrator:
The wreck is massive,
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matching both "Proteus"
and "Nereus."
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- Oh, wow, look at that.
- That's big.
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- So this wreck
looks to be about
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400 to 500 feet in length,
so it's a big wreck.
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narrator:
With the target confirmed,
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it's time for phase two.
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- The side scan will
make a huge difference.
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- Between this
and the side scan,
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we'll have a pretty
good roadmap of how
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to navigate around the wreck.
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- Yep.
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- OK, she's in the water.
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So I've got to put
the lifeline up.
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narrator: The side
scan's umbilical
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is a high-strength steel
tether that anchors
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the sonar unit to the boat.
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- It's like basically towing
a water skier behind the boat.
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narrator: But something
immediately seems off.
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- We're apparently
at 50 meters of depth,
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but this one is saying,
like, 30 meters.
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- What is it?
- What?
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Something's not right.
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- Hey, what's happening?
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- I don't know.
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It could be
a multitude of things.
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She's not doing so great.
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narrator: The side scan seems
to be snagged on something.
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- We're not sure if we grabbed
onto either a trap line,
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anchor line, something.
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- So now we're
swinging the boat
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around, trying to
maneuver it in order
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to free the side scan.
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[metal creaking]
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narrator: Anchored
by the steel tether,
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the "Pricus" and her crew
are caught in a tug of war.
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Under this much strain,
the cable could snap
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and whip across
a deck full of crew.
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- We've got a lot of tension
on the line right now.
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- Yeah.
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- All right.
Are we still going out?
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- I want to get her off
the bottom, if she'll come.
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[dramatic music]
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narrator:
5 miles off the Florida coast,
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the RV "Pricus" is
trapped in a tug of war
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with a tangled sonar unit.
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- We're going to get
an angle grinder,
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in case we have
to cut the cable.
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We'll get a buoy
if we have to abandon it.
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[sighs]
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[metal clatters]
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That sounded good.
Keep going.
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Go, go, go.
- Yeah, yeah.
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- I think it might
have popped loose.
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I just felt it pop.
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[metal clatters]
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narrator: Finally,
the side scan is free.
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- I'm not taking
my eyes off it.
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I will shout at you
the minute I see it.
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All right, I've got a visual.
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Yeah.
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narrator: But phase two
of their search
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has to be scratched.
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- We've found some damage
on the side scan,
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and that's why we're
not receiving any data.
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Now we need to repair it,
so we're going to call
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it and come back another day.
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narrator: Despite
a near catastrophe,
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they have made
promising first steps.
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While Mike stays at the dock
to supervise repairs,
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Jimmy reviews the sonar data
with the rest of the team.
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- This looks like it's
a pretty substantial structure.
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Any idea about the size?
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- So this could potentially
be 450 to 600 feet.
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- Really?
- Like, this is a big wreck.
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narrator: The size of the
wreck is not the only detail
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that matches
the missing ships.
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There also appears to be some
kind of structure on the deck.
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- We could potentially
have something
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on the deck that is
sticking up from the deck,
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so it could be a crane.
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narrator: The "Nereus" did
have seven tall crane towers.
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However, "Proteus" had none.
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Her cranes had been
removed six months earlier.
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At the other end of the ship,
a second clue hinting at what
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took her down.
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- It really gets broken up.
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So this may be another part of
the wreck that got blown off.
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- Remember,
this is a world at war.
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This is 1941.
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[gunfire]
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OK, the Americans are
not in the war yet.
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- The "Nereus"
and the "Proteus"
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were Canadian
ships at the time.
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narrator: By war's end,
40 Canadian cargo
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ships, all civilians, would be
destroyed by Nazi torpedoes.
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Could "Proteus" and "Nereus"
have met with a similar fate?
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- I found something
in the archives,
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and it's actually
the report on the "Nereus"
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and the "Proteus."
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narrator:
The report was written
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just after the ships
went missing
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and offers the first theory.
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- So basically what they're
saying is the "Proteus"
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or the "Nereus" were hit by
a German torpedo from a U-boat.
285
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narrator: But not everything
about the theory adds up.
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U-boat captains kept
meticulous records,
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yet none claimed the kill of
either "Proteus" or "Nereus."
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It's possible the U-boat
responsible was itself sunk
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before it reported in,
but Dave will need
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to dig deeper to know more.
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- I can dive
into the archives now
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with the benefit of hindsight
and see what we can find.
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narrator:
Meanwhile, the team needs
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to consider
other possibilities,
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and Wayne has
his own theory about what
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took down the ships.
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A scourge rumored to prowl
the Bermuda Triangle--
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monster waves.
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And one variety may
threaten the coastal waters
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that hold the Big 650.
303
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- I came across
a story not long ago--
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and it's wild--
that Florida was struck by what
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they call a meteotsunami.
306
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- [shouting]
307
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narrator: December 2018,
Sanibel Island, Florida,
308
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out of nowhere, a series
of devastating waves
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known as a meteotsunami
destroys homes
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and sends residents fleeing.
311
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- The interesting thing
about this tsunami
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is that it's not
caused by earthquakes.
313
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- Really?
314
00:14:52,375 --> 00:14:54,250
- They say it's caused
by weather patterns.
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♪ ♪
316
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narrator: Once a meteotsunami
wave hits the shallow shores,
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its height soars.
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Could the ship's decision
to hug the coastline
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have actually put them
in harm's way?
320
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- So some of this wreck
looks like it could
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be potentially broken up.
322
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It could maybe be a tsunami.
323
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- Until we solve it,
nothing's off the table, boys.
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Nothing.
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♪ ♪
326
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narrator: The team splits up.
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♪ ♪
328
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While Mike and
the "Pricus" crew
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attempt to repair
the side scan,
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Wayne heads out to dig deeper
into reports of meteotsunamis
331
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in the Triangle
with Dr. Charles Tilburg,
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an oceanographer
who has spent
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decades studying these waves.
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♪ ♪
335
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- I always thought,
you know, tsunamis
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were caused by earthquakes.
337
00:15:51,708 --> 00:15:53,042
- What generates
a meteotsunami,
338
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something completely different,
and it's a storm
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or a low-pressure system
that generates
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a change in sea level.
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♪ ♪
342
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narrator: A low-pressure
front can sometimes push
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a wave across the open ocean,
slowly making it stronger...
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♪ ♪
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Until...
346
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- Once you get
into the continental shelf,
347
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it's much, much shallower.
348
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All that energy moves
into the vertical.
349
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narrator: And it's not
just a single wave.
350
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- Typically,
there are multiple waves.
351
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And so it's
a repeated destruction.
352
00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:38,333
narrator: And there
is at least one case
353
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of them destroying
a vessel the size
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of "Proteus" and "Nereus."
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♪ ♪
356
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August 29, 1916,
357
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the USS "Memphis,"
a 504-foot armored cruiser,
358
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is moored on the edges
of the Bermuda Triangle.
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♪ ♪
360
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Suddenly,
crewmen see 70-foot walls
361
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of water racing towards them.
362
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♪ ♪
363
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Wave after wave smashes
into the "Memphis."
364
00:17:11,917 --> 00:17:13,792
♪ ♪
365
00:17:13,917 --> 00:17:18,500
43 sailors lose their lives.
366
00:17:18,583 --> 00:17:22,458
Could the same have happened
to the "Proteus" and "Nereus?"
367
00:17:22,542 --> 00:17:24,708
♪ ♪
368
00:17:24,875 --> 00:17:28,500
Tilburg has found a startling
clue in weather records
369
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from the time
the twin ships vanished.
370
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- So you can see, here's
a low-pressure zone moving in.
371
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So this is November 23, 1941.
372
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So this right here has
the right conditions
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to generate a meteotsunami.
374
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- Wow.
375
00:17:46,875 --> 00:17:48,500
♪ ♪
376
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narrator: The evidence
of a meteotsunami strike
377
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may even still be visible.
378
00:17:54,917 --> 00:17:57,000
- What would happen
to the ship
379
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if one of these
meteotsunamis sank it?
380
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- So my guess is
that the ship is
381
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going to be laying on its side
in the continental shelf.
382
00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,458
♪ ♪
383
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- Look for a ship
that's on its side.
384
00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,583
- Look for a ship
that's on its side.
385
00:18:09,708 --> 00:18:17,375
That's key information
to pass on to the dive team.
386
00:18:17,375 --> 00:18:20,958
narrator: 80 years ago, the
"Proteus" and the "Nereus,"
387
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two giant sister ships,
disappeared
388
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under identical circumstances
just weeks apart.
389
00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:33,250
World War II authorities
thought a Nazi U-boat
390
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could be to blame.
391
00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:37,667
[dramatic music]
392
00:18:37,750 --> 00:18:40,875
But military historian
David O'Keefe suspects
393
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there's more to the story.
394
00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,458
♪ ♪
395
00:18:45,583 --> 00:18:49,000
He's in Florida
to meet with Bill Toti,
396
00:18:49,167 --> 00:18:52,000
former submarine
commander and expert
397
00:18:52,125 --> 00:18:54,333
on World War II naval combat.
398
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♪ ♪
399
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- One was the "Proteus."
One was the "Nereus."
400
00:18:59,375 --> 00:19:03,042
Both of them disappear
within just about ten days
401
00:19:03,167 --> 00:19:05,917
of each other in late 1941.
402
00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,458
- It does look suspicious on
the timing aspect, doesn't it?
403
00:19:09,583 --> 00:19:11,292
♪ ♪
404
00:19:11,375 --> 00:19:15,333
narrator: But no U-boat
ever claimed the kills,
405
00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:18,375
and Toti is not convinced.
406
00:19:18,542 --> 00:19:22,000
- So U-boats, during the
entire course of the war, sunk
407
00:19:22,125 --> 00:19:23,750
over 3,500 merchant ships.
408
00:19:23,875 --> 00:19:25,583
Off the coast of Florida,
it was something like 40 ships.
409
00:19:25,708 --> 00:19:28,333
- Yeah.
410
00:19:28,417 --> 00:19:31,500
- The issue, though, is that
we have no evidence that
411
00:19:31,583 --> 00:19:33,708
the Germans were
stationing U-boats
412
00:19:33,875 --> 00:19:37,125
off the Atlantic Coast before
the attack on Pearl Harbor.
413
00:19:37,208 --> 00:19:41,292
♪ ♪
414
00:19:41,417 --> 00:19:44,417
narrator: Toti's research
indicates Hitler's U-boats
415
00:19:44,542 --> 00:19:49,667
wouldn't arrive in the
Triangle until September 1942,
416
00:19:49,792 --> 00:19:53,667
months after "Proteus"
and "Nereus" disappeared.
417
00:19:53,833 --> 00:19:55,750
♪ ♪
418
00:19:55,875 --> 00:19:58,458
However, he knows
of a different threat that
419
00:19:58,583 --> 00:20:01,833
was active at the right time--
420
00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,667
Nazi pirates.
421
00:20:04,833 --> 00:20:08,500
- The Germans operated these
modified merchant ships that
422
00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:11,250
were weaponized
and disguised, and they
423
00:20:11,375 --> 00:20:13,125
called them Hilfskreuzers.
424
00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:15,333
They would take
these merchants,
425
00:20:15,458 --> 00:20:17,500
and they would beef
them up with weapons
426
00:20:17,625 --> 00:20:20,917
behind false bulkheads,
false hull plating,
427
00:20:21,042 --> 00:20:23,000
to make them look like things
that they were not.
428
00:20:23,125 --> 00:20:24,917
♪ ♪
429
00:20:25,042 --> 00:20:28,292
narrator: These Hilfskreuzers
were armed with naval guns
430
00:20:28,417 --> 00:20:33,583
and torpedoes, and in 1941 had
recently attacked a merchant
431
00:20:33,708 --> 00:20:38,667
ship off
the Bahamas suspiciously
432
00:20:38,792 --> 00:20:42,833
close to where "Proteus"
and "Nereus" vanished.
433
00:20:42,958 --> 00:20:46,292
But Toti wonders if the Nazis
may not have been trying
434
00:20:46,417 --> 00:20:50,833
to sink the twin ships,
but steal them.
435
00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,375
♪ ♪
436
00:20:52,542 --> 00:20:54,583
- I came across
these documents here,
437
00:20:54,708 --> 00:20:57,542
which prove that these ships
were carrying bauxite.
438
00:20:57,667 --> 00:20:59,625
♪ ♪
439
00:20:59,750 --> 00:21:04,042
narrator: Bauxite was used to
make aircraft-grade aluminum.
440
00:21:04,208 --> 00:21:06,667
The Nazis lacked easy access
441
00:21:06,750 --> 00:21:08,792
to natural deposits
of bauxite.
442
00:21:08,917 --> 00:21:11,375
♪ ♪
443
00:21:11,500 --> 00:21:13,042
- Each of these ships
were carrying
444
00:21:13,167 --> 00:21:14,625
6,000 tons of bauxite.
445
00:21:14,750 --> 00:21:16,417
But you also have
a merchant ship, one more
446
00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,417
than you had
before you did this.
447
00:21:18,542 --> 00:21:22,625
So there's two benefits
to doing something like that.
448
00:21:22,750 --> 00:21:25,500
narrator: Could the Nazis
have resisted capturing
449
00:21:25,542 --> 00:21:27,167
such tempting targets?
450
00:21:27,292 --> 00:21:29,542
♪ ♪
451
00:21:29,625 --> 00:21:30,958
- Bill Toti actually
mentioned that there
452
00:21:31,042 --> 00:21:31,917
was a possibility
that they could
453
00:21:32,042 --> 00:21:33,667
have been taken in prize.
454
00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,208
But now, you'd have to
think that there's paperwork
455
00:21:36,375 --> 00:21:39,167
somewhere for these ships
ending up in German hands,
456
00:21:39,333 --> 00:21:40,833
and right now we
haven't found that.
457
00:21:40,958 --> 00:21:47,792
♪ ♪
458
00:21:51,458 --> 00:21:55,667
narrator: Two days later,
5 miles off Florida,
459
00:21:55,792 --> 00:21:58,167
Mike Barnette
and Jimmy Gadomski are headed
460
00:21:58,292 --> 00:22:01,000
back to the Big 650 wreck.
461
00:22:01,125 --> 00:22:03,583
- Watch this line.
- Yeah.
462
00:22:03,708 --> 00:22:06,292
narrator: The side scan
remains out of commission.
463
00:22:06,375 --> 00:22:08,333
But the team has
decided to push
464
00:22:08,458 --> 00:22:11,708
forward with phase three--
465
00:22:11,833 --> 00:22:15,917
the underwater robot camera
known as an ROV.
466
00:22:16,042 --> 00:22:20,083
♪ ♪
467
00:22:20,208 --> 00:22:24,958
Meanwhile,
David teams up with Wayne
468
00:22:25,083 --> 00:22:28,167
to investigate the theory that
"Proteus" and "Nereus" were
469
00:22:28,250 --> 00:22:30,500
kidnapped by Nazi pirates.
470
00:22:30,667 --> 00:22:32,625
- How are you?
- Good, good.
471
00:22:32,708 --> 00:22:35,333
narrator: They've tracked down
family of a sailor who was
472
00:22:35,417 --> 00:22:38,292
stationed on the "Proteus."
473
00:22:38,417 --> 00:22:41,167
- How did you first hear
about your uncle Herbert?
474
00:22:41,292 --> 00:22:43,875
- Well, the family was
immensely proud of him.
475
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,500
You know, it was
a big deal to have
476
00:22:46,625 --> 00:22:48,333
an officer
in the Canadian Merchant
477
00:22:48,458 --> 00:22:50,833
Marine as a family member.
478
00:22:50,917 --> 00:22:53,500
♪ ♪
479
00:22:53,625 --> 00:22:56,667
When word came that the
"Proteus" had gone missing,
480
00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:59,208
the family was
really distraught.
481
00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:02,208
♪ ♪
482
00:23:02,333 --> 00:23:05,375
The theory was
that a German surface
483
00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:10,167
naval vessel had captured it
and taken the crew
484
00:23:10,292 --> 00:23:12,750
and the cargo to Europe.
485
00:23:12,875 --> 00:23:14,125
- That's fascinating.
486
00:23:14,250 --> 00:23:15,750
But where did
this idea come from,
487
00:23:15,875 --> 00:23:17,375
that these men may
have been basically
488
00:23:17,542 --> 00:23:19,625
held in captivity somewhere?
489
00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:22,167
- Well, that's
an interesting story.
490
00:23:22,292 --> 00:23:25,042
A sister of one
of the crew members
491
00:23:25,208 --> 00:23:28,792
was reading a newspaper.
492
00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:31,833
In the paper,
there was a photograph
493
00:23:31,917 --> 00:23:36,292
of Canadian prisoners
in a German POW camp.
494
00:23:36,417 --> 00:23:37,792
- Ah.
495
00:23:37,875 --> 00:23:41,000
- And she looked at it,
and she was
496
00:23:41,167 --> 00:23:45,083
convinced that one
of the captives in the picture
497
00:23:45,208 --> 00:23:46,667
was her brother.
498
00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:50,833
- Really?
- This was in 1942.
499
00:23:50,958 --> 00:23:54,000
narrator: If true, it means
this "Proteus" crew member
500
00:23:54,083 --> 00:23:57,958
was photographed nearly
a year after the ship had
501
00:23:58,083 --> 00:23:59,792
gone missing.
502
00:23:59,875 --> 00:24:02,167
♪ ♪
503
00:24:02,333 --> 00:24:05,500
- It's incredible to hear this
story that they didn't die
504
00:24:05,625 --> 00:24:08,042
at sea and the "Proteus" crew
were taken by the Germans,
505
00:24:08,167 --> 00:24:10,667
were in POW camps.
506
00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:12,667
narrator:
It's a compelling theory,
507
00:24:12,750 --> 00:24:15,542
but the evidence is thin.
508
00:24:15,625 --> 00:24:18,250
For one thing,
no member of the "Proteus"
509
00:24:18,375 --> 00:24:21,458
returned home after the war.
510
00:24:21,542 --> 00:24:24,208
That means the Big 650
wreck could still
511
00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:28,250
be either the "Proteus"
or the "Nereus" or a different
512
00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:30,833
ship entirely.
513
00:24:30,917 --> 00:24:33,708
And whatever ship it is,
there's still
514
00:24:33,875 --> 00:24:36,833
the mystery of how it sank--
515
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:43,000
a meteotsunami
or something else?
516
00:24:43,125 --> 00:24:46,208
- It's going to take a lot of
research to look into this one
517
00:24:46,375 --> 00:24:47,833
and see if we can
unbutton this mystery.
518
00:24:47,917 --> 00:24:50,917
♪ ♪
519
00:24:51,042 --> 00:24:53,792
narrator: Back out
at the Big 650 wreck--
520
00:24:53,875 --> 00:24:55,958
- Hold position.
521
00:24:56,083 --> 00:24:58,500
narrator: The dive team
are deploying the ROV.
522
00:24:58,625 --> 00:25:00,000
- You are clear to deploy.
523
00:25:00,167 --> 00:25:01,292
Come down on the winch.
524
00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:02,917
- Going down.
525
00:25:03,042 --> 00:25:05,667
- Just keep coming
down until I say stop.
526
00:25:05,792 --> 00:25:10,083
♪ ♪
527
00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:12,708
narrator: Pilot Peter Schubert
cautiously guides
528
00:25:12,875 --> 00:25:14,833
the ROV down.
529
00:25:14,958 --> 00:25:17,208
♪ ♪
530
00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:18,750
- Keep going, nice and easy.
531
00:25:18,875 --> 00:25:21,333
About 1 meter a second,
maybe half that.
532
00:25:21,458 --> 00:25:28,500
♪ ♪
533
00:25:28,625 --> 00:25:30,625
OK. All stop there, Ricky.
534
00:25:32,375 --> 00:25:34,000
- All stop.
We're on the bottom.
535
00:25:34,083 --> 00:25:39,208
♪ ♪
536
00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:41,000
narrator:
At this depth, the ROV
537
00:25:41,125 --> 00:25:45,250
is in a hostile environment,
maneuvering
538
00:25:45,375 --> 00:25:51,000
in near-total darkness
against a raging current.
539
00:25:51,125 --> 00:25:53,792
♪ ♪
540
00:25:53,875 --> 00:25:55,833
- Current's really
dragging me around.
541
00:25:55,917 --> 00:25:58,000
We're doing everything
we can to fight it here.
542
00:25:58,125 --> 00:26:04,292
♪ ♪
543
00:26:04,375 --> 00:26:08,000
narrator: But Mike can still
see a route to the wreck.
544
00:26:08,125 --> 00:26:10,250
♪ ♪
545
00:26:10,375 --> 00:26:11,208
- We're starting
to see some stuff.
546
00:26:11,375 --> 00:26:12,667
- Right there.
- OK.
547
00:26:12,792 --> 00:26:14,625
- See on that side?
- And right here.
548
00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:16,167
- And off the right--yeah,
we're starting to see--
549
00:26:16,292 --> 00:26:17,375
- I'm just going to pan--
all right, I'm panning.
550
00:26:17,542 --> 00:26:19,000
- Oh.
- There you go.
551
00:26:19,167 --> 00:26:20,833
- There you go.
- Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
552
00:26:20,958 --> 00:26:21,458
Wreckage, that's the wreck.
That's the hull.
553
00:26:22,208 --> 00:26:23,708
That's the hull.
- All right.
554
00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:25,375
- Down the right.
- We are right under it.
555
00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:26,875
- [laughs]
556
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:32,292
♪ ♪
557
00:26:32,292 --> 00:26:35,125
[dramatic music]
558
00:26:35,250 --> 00:26:37,583
narrator: Mike Barnette
and Jimmy Gadomski
559
00:26:37,750 --> 00:26:42,667
are aboard the RV "Pricus,"
560
00:26:42,833 --> 00:26:44,667
where an underwater camera
561
00:26:44,792 --> 00:26:48,750
known as an ROV is revealing
the first-ever images
562
00:26:48,833 --> 00:26:50,958
of the Big 650 wreck.
563
00:26:51,083 --> 00:26:58,292
♪ ♪
564
00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:01,292
- Looks like she's just
listing on her starboard side.
565
00:27:01,375 --> 00:27:05,625
Not completely on the side,
but might be upright.
566
00:27:05,708 --> 00:27:07,500
narrator:
The team had previously
567
00:27:07,583 --> 00:27:10,333
learned that if a meteotsunami
hit this ship,
568
00:27:10,417 --> 00:27:13,500
it would have tipped her over.
569
00:27:13,625 --> 00:27:16,875
But the wreck sits upright.
570
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,417
A killer wave isn't
what sank this ship.
571
00:27:20,542 --> 00:27:22,417
♪ ♪
572
00:27:22,542 --> 00:27:25,292
Something else took her down.
573
00:27:25,417 --> 00:27:27,833
♪ ♪
574
00:27:27,958 --> 00:27:29,375
- Well, it's--
we're on the deck.
575
00:27:29,542 --> 00:27:30,583
- Oh.
- What is--
576
00:27:30,708 --> 00:27:32,208
- What's that?
577
00:27:32,333 --> 00:27:33,958
♪ ♪
578
00:27:34,042 --> 00:27:36,125
narrator: Their previous
sonar scans indicated
579
00:27:36,292 --> 00:27:40,375
there were structures
on the ship's deck,
580
00:27:40,542 --> 00:27:43,500
but this isn't
what they expected.
581
00:27:43,667 --> 00:27:44,875
- See the railing?
- Oh, yeah.
582
00:27:45,042 --> 00:27:47,500
- That's a railing.
There's a railing.
583
00:27:47,583 --> 00:27:50,042
narrator: It's an odd clue.
584
00:27:50,167 --> 00:27:54,292
"Nereus" had seven
50-foot-tall crane towers.
585
00:27:54,375 --> 00:27:56,333
♪ ♪
586
00:27:56,417 --> 00:27:59,208
But this looks different.
587
00:27:59,375 --> 00:28:01,500
- That looks like it's
sticking up above midship.
588
00:28:01,583 --> 00:28:03,042
That's kind of weird.
- Wow.
589
00:28:03,167 --> 00:28:05,000
This is not what
I was expecting.
590
00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,917
narrator: But before
the team can figure out
591
00:28:07,042 --> 00:28:11,833
what the structure is,
a hidden danger
592
00:28:11,958 --> 00:28:14,417
demands their attention.
593
00:28:14,542 --> 00:28:15,958
- Is that your tether,
or is that--no.
594
00:28:16,083 --> 00:28:17,542
- Negative.
That's fishing line.
595
00:28:17,667 --> 00:28:19,875
♪ ♪
596
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,417
narrator: Decades of fishermen
have left behind a spiderweb
597
00:28:23,542 --> 00:28:25,333
of monofilament.
598
00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:27,125
♪ ♪
599
00:28:27,208 --> 00:28:30,708
Pushed by the intense current,
the ROV's cables
600
00:28:30,833 --> 00:28:32,333
have gotten tangled.
601
00:28:32,417 --> 00:28:33,708
- I'm going to back away.
602
00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:35,500
I don't want that
in the thrusters.
603
00:28:35,625 --> 00:28:38,000
♪ ♪
604
00:28:38,125 --> 00:28:39,625
- You might want
to try to winch up
605
00:28:39,792 --> 00:28:41,000
and get out of that situation.
606
00:28:41,167 --> 00:28:42,833
- Yeah.
607
00:28:42,958 --> 00:28:43,958
- Can you bring it up another
5 feet, like, real easy?
608
00:28:44,958 --> 00:28:48,125
♪ ♪
609
00:28:48,250 --> 00:28:50,833
narrator: Even as
the ROV backs off,
610
00:28:50,958 --> 00:28:53,542
the Triangle's current
hits it even harder,
611
00:28:53,667 --> 00:28:56,292
trying to smash it
against the wreck.
612
00:28:56,417 --> 00:28:59,375
- Making sure I don't hit
anything I'm not supposed to.
613
00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:00,583
Oops, like that.
- Like that.
614
00:29:00,708 --> 00:29:02,125
Oh.
615
00:29:02,250 --> 00:29:04,333
[static buzzing]
616
00:29:04,458 --> 00:29:07,042
- That's not good.
617
00:29:07,208 --> 00:29:10,833
narrator: Big 650 already
took out the side scan.
618
00:29:10,958 --> 00:29:14,625
Now it's immobilized the ROV.
619
00:29:14,750 --> 00:29:16,500
- Dave, we're
coming back to deck.
620
00:29:16,667 --> 00:29:19,208
♪ ♪
621
00:29:19,333 --> 00:29:23,250
narrator: Back on deck, their
worst fears are confirmed.
622
00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:27,667
♪ ♪
623
00:29:27,833 --> 00:29:29,458
- While the synthetic line
is the newer stuff,
624
00:29:29,583 --> 00:29:32,292
which is really strong, we got
some sucked into the thruster
625
00:29:32,458 --> 00:29:34,667
here, which, that is really
dangerous because that
626
00:29:34,792 --> 00:29:36,167
can immobilize the ROV.
627
00:29:36,292 --> 00:29:37,833
You can't maneuver.
628
00:29:37,917 --> 00:29:40,292
It would make a bad
situation even worse.
629
00:29:40,417 --> 00:29:42,375
♪ ♪
630
00:29:42,500 --> 00:29:46,750
narrator: The team heads back
to shore to clean up the ROV.
631
00:29:46,875 --> 00:29:48,667
Mike stays with
the "Pricus" crew
632
00:29:48,792 --> 00:29:50,667
to strategize
their next attempt.
633
00:29:50,750 --> 00:29:53,292
♪ ♪
634
00:29:53,417 --> 00:29:59,000
Meanwhile, Jimmy shares their
latest findings with the team.
635
00:29:59,083 --> 00:30:01,125
- We got eyes on it.
636
00:30:01,208 --> 00:30:04,917
♪ ♪
637
00:30:05,042 --> 00:30:08,083
- That's in great condition.
638
00:30:08,167 --> 00:30:11,333
- We didn't get that
far back on the wreck.
639
00:30:11,458 --> 00:30:15,083
narrator: Some details
aren't as they expected.
640
00:30:15,208 --> 00:30:18,833
- So the "Nereus" had cargo
cranes all over the deck.
641
00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:21,500
We don't see
those cargo cranes,
642
00:30:21,625 --> 00:30:23,667
on the deck of this shipwreck.
643
00:30:23,833 --> 00:30:25,667
♪ ♪
644
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:31,667
narrator: It means this is
probably not the "Nereus."
645
00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:34,083
The "Proteus" is
still on the table,
646
00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:36,333
but the new data
shows something's
647
00:30:36,500 --> 00:30:39,000
off about the wreck's size.
648
00:30:39,125 --> 00:30:40,417
♪ ♪
649
00:30:40,542 --> 00:30:43,000
- It's still hard to say,
but I want to say
650
00:30:43,125 --> 00:30:46,583
this wreck is probably
right around 400 feet long.
651
00:30:46,750 --> 00:30:49,000
♪ ♪
652
00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:54,000
narrator: The missing ships
were 100 feet longer.
653
00:30:54,167 --> 00:30:56,333
Another large piece
of the wreck
654
00:30:56,458 --> 00:30:58,667
might be resting nearby...
655
00:30:58,792 --> 00:31:01,083
♪ ♪
656
00:31:01,208 --> 00:31:03,958
But with the discrepancy
in size,
657
00:31:04,083 --> 00:31:08,083
they must consider
other suspects.
658
00:31:08,208 --> 00:31:08,708
- OK, but you're
telling me that this
659
00:31:09,250 --> 00:31:10,500
- OK, but you're
telling me that this
660
00:31:10,625 --> 00:31:11,583
is still from the same period.
661
00:31:11,708 --> 00:31:13,125
- World War II era, yeah.
662
00:31:13,250 --> 00:31:14,708
- There is another possibility.
663
00:31:14,833 --> 00:31:20,542
♪ ♪
664
00:31:20,542 --> 00:31:21,833
[dramatic music]
665
00:31:22,042 --> 00:31:23,500
narrator: The team
is investigating
666
00:31:23,625 --> 00:31:28,000
a massive shipwreck
in 650 feet of water.
667
00:31:28,167 --> 00:31:31,583
It may be one of two
legendary leviathans
668
00:31:31,708 --> 00:31:38,125
lost to the Bermuda Triangle,
the "Proteus" or "Nereus."
669
00:31:38,250 --> 00:31:40,000
♪ ♪
670
00:31:40,125 --> 00:31:42,583
But now,
David O'Keefe wants to add
671
00:31:42,708 --> 00:31:45,250
other suspects to the list.
672
00:31:45,375 --> 00:31:47,333
♪ ♪
673
00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:49,292
- So we're talking roughly,
off of Florida,
674
00:31:49,458 --> 00:31:51,208
maybe about 40 ships.
675
00:31:51,375 --> 00:31:53,458
40 ships that were sunk just
during the second World War.
676
00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:56,333
So you're getting a lot
of sinkings in this area.
677
00:31:56,458 --> 00:31:59,625
♪ ♪
678
00:31:59,708 --> 00:32:04,208
narrator: "Proteus" and
"Nereus" went missing in 1941.
679
00:32:04,375 --> 00:32:09,958
But what if the Big 650
wreck sank in 1942?
680
00:32:10,042 --> 00:32:12,167
- Starting in 1942, I mean,
the United States
681
00:32:12,250 --> 00:32:14,792
becomes one of the most
active places on Earth
682
00:32:14,917 --> 00:32:16,333
when it comes to naval warfare.
683
00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,167
You've got the U-boats,
which have come across.
684
00:32:18,250 --> 00:32:21,208
They're lighting up
Allied shipping.
685
00:32:21,333 --> 00:32:25,458
narrator: Now American ships
are also coming under fire.
686
00:32:25,583 --> 00:32:29,500
♪ ♪
687
00:32:29,625 --> 00:32:33,958
And Dave's research has
unearthed a potential clue.
688
00:32:34,042 --> 00:32:36,833
- I found something
in the archives.
689
00:32:36,917 --> 00:32:39,333
♪ ♪
690
00:32:39,417 --> 00:32:43,500
narrator: Few of the World War
II era U-boat victims match
691
00:32:43,625 --> 00:32:47,875
this wreck's size and design,
except for one
692
00:32:48,042 --> 00:32:49,667
possible contender.
693
00:32:49,792 --> 00:32:51,833
♪ ♪
694
00:32:51,958 --> 00:32:53,625
- There was a ship
called the "Ohioan,"
695
00:32:53,708 --> 00:32:55,542
which was a cargo vessel.
696
00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:58,042
♪ ♪
697
00:32:58,125 --> 00:33:00,542
narrator:
Completed in 1920, she's
698
00:33:00,667 --> 00:33:05,875
almost as large as
the "Proteus" and "Nereus"
699
00:33:06,042 --> 00:33:09,208
and has a midship
pilot house, which
700
00:33:09,375 --> 00:33:14,542
could account for the raised
areas of the Big 650 wreck.
701
00:33:14,708 --> 00:33:17,542
December 8, 1941,
702
00:33:17,708 --> 00:33:20,833
the day after Pearl Harbor,
703
00:33:20,958 --> 00:33:23,500
she departs New York.
704
00:33:23,542 --> 00:33:25,125
♪ ♪
705
00:33:25,250 --> 00:33:28,042
- The "Ohioan" headed off
towards Bombay, India,
706
00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:30,292
to pick up some manganese ore.
707
00:33:30,417 --> 00:33:32,208
♪ ♪
708
00:33:32,375 --> 00:33:34,333
And by the time she started
steaming back to the United
709
00:33:34,417 --> 00:33:36,625
States, the war had
changed dramatically
710
00:33:36,750 --> 00:33:38,333
off the Eastern seaboard.
711
00:33:38,458 --> 00:33:40,167
♪ ♪
712
00:33:40,292 --> 00:33:42,458
narrator: The "Ohioan"
is ordered by the Navy
713
00:33:42,542 --> 00:33:46,125
to hug the coast, a route
that takes her directly
714
00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:48,625
over the Big 650 wreck.
715
00:33:48,708 --> 00:33:50,375
♪ ♪
716
00:33:50,542 --> 00:33:54,208
It was supposed to protect her
from prowling U-boats.
717
00:33:54,333 --> 00:33:55,417
♪ ♪
718
00:33:55,542 --> 00:33:57,292
It did not.
719
00:33:57,417 --> 00:34:03,708
♪ ♪
720
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:09,083
She sinks in just two minutes
and is never seen again.
721
00:34:09,208 --> 00:34:14,167
15 American sailors
are killed in the attack.
722
00:34:14,250 --> 00:34:16,542
- We are dealing with
a broken-down structure towards
723
00:34:16,667 --> 00:34:18,333
the bow section of the ship.
724
00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,292
Maybe that's where
it was torpedoed.
725
00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:23,333
We have not seen
it yet, though.
726
00:34:23,417 --> 00:34:25,667
We need to lay eyes
on the rest of this.
727
00:34:25,750 --> 00:34:32,542
♪ ♪
728
00:34:35,083 --> 00:34:36,708
narrator:
The next day, the team
729
00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:40,833
sets out for one last look
at the Big 650 wreck.
730
00:34:40,958 --> 00:34:47,792
♪ ♪
731
00:34:51,250 --> 00:34:55,500
So far, the ship seems
relatively intact.
732
00:34:55,667 --> 00:34:59,333
But as the ROV flies
down the port side,
733
00:34:59,417 --> 00:35:04,417
the team sees
catastrophic destruction.
734
00:35:04,542 --> 00:35:06,833
- This is not what I
was expecting at all.
735
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,958
It's, like,
just chaos right here.
736
00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:11,333
It's broken.
Just torn apart.
737
00:35:11,458 --> 00:35:13,750
♪ ♪
738
00:35:13,875 --> 00:35:17,292
narrator: Is this the work
of a U-boat torpedo?
739
00:35:17,417 --> 00:35:19,750
♪ ♪
740
00:35:19,875 --> 00:35:21,375
- That looks like it's
been ripped off the wreck
741
00:35:21,542 --> 00:35:22,958
and laid out.
742
00:35:23,042 --> 00:35:24,542
- Yeah.
743
00:35:24,625 --> 00:35:25,833
- I mean, I'm starting
to wonder now.
744
00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:27,333
This is not what
you would expect
745
00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:29,958
from something that had
a single hole in it,
746
00:35:30,042 --> 00:35:31,833
went down quick.
747
00:35:31,958 --> 00:35:33,958
And this is not,
obviously, decay you see
748
00:35:34,083 --> 00:35:35,542
from natural just collapse.
749
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:38,167
- Right.
- This is, like, ripped off.
750
00:35:38,250 --> 00:35:39,667
So we got a little
mystery here.
751
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:41,500
♪ ♪
752
00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:43,667
narrator: Bizarrely,
this does not look
753
00:35:43,750 --> 00:35:47,958
like torpedo damage,
though it's
754
00:35:48,042 --> 00:35:51,917
possible such evidence is
elsewhere, buried in silt.
755
00:35:52,042 --> 00:35:54,167
♪ ♪
756
00:35:54,292 --> 00:35:56,500
- Just to our right is
where the name would be.
757
00:35:56,583 --> 00:36:03,292
♪ ♪
758
00:36:03,375 --> 00:36:04,667
- Is that lettering
on the side right there?
759
00:36:04,667 --> 00:36:05,542
- Is that lettering
on the side right there?
760
00:36:05,708 --> 00:36:06,792
- Yeah.
- Yes.
761
00:36:06,875 --> 00:36:08,542
Holy [bleep]!
762
00:36:08,667 --> 00:36:12,875
♪ ♪
763
00:36:12,875 --> 00:36:14,625
[dramatic music]
764
00:36:14,750 --> 00:36:17,458
narrator: 5 miles off
the east coast of Florida...
765
00:36:17,583 --> 00:36:19,333
♪ ♪
766
00:36:19,458 --> 00:36:22,833
Divers Mike Barnette and
Jimmy Gadomski believe they've
767
00:36:22,958 --> 00:36:27,083
found a wreck
hunter's dream...
768
00:36:27,167 --> 00:36:31,042
intact lettering on the hull.
769
00:36:31,125 --> 00:36:33,583
- Is that lettering
on the side right there?
770
00:36:33,708 --> 00:36:34,833
- Yeah.
- Yes.
771
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,500
Holy [bleep]!
772
00:36:36,625 --> 00:36:38,417
♪ ♪
773
00:36:38,542 --> 00:36:39,917
Oh, my God.
774
00:36:40,042 --> 00:36:43,500
Yes, there's an O, A--
no, it's I-O-A-N.
775
00:36:43,583 --> 00:36:44,792
- Yeah, I-O-A-N.
776
00:36:44,917 --> 00:36:47,625
- I-O-A-N.
777
00:36:47,708 --> 00:36:50,375
There it is, the other O.
- There's the other O.
778
00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:53,167
- That's the--
- O-H-I-O.
779
00:36:53,333 --> 00:36:54,708
- There it is, yes.
- Yep.
780
00:36:54,833 --> 00:36:56,042
- Nailed it.
781
00:36:56,167 --> 00:36:57,917
♪ ♪
782
00:36:58,042 --> 00:37:04,542
narrator: At last, this
mysterious wreck has a name--
783
00:37:04,667 --> 00:37:07,833
the SS "Ohioan."
784
00:37:07,917 --> 00:37:14,833
♪ ♪
785
00:37:14,958 --> 00:37:17,500
- Want me to continue
to starboard down the--
786
00:37:17,583 --> 00:37:18,833
- Hey, man, it's all gravy now.
787
00:37:18,917 --> 00:37:20,458
It's all gravy now.
788
00:37:20,583 --> 00:37:27,417
♪ ♪
789
00:37:36,042 --> 00:37:37,125
You won't believe it,
because we didn't believe it
790
00:37:37,208 --> 00:37:38,083
when we first saw it.
791
00:37:38,208 --> 00:37:39,250
- OK.
792
00:37:39,333 --> 00:37:44,917
♪ ♪
793
00:37:45,042 --> 00:37:47,167
Oh, boy.
794
00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:48,833
Holy crap.
795
00:37:48,958 --> 00:37:50,958
♪ ♪
796
00:37:51,042 --> 00:37:52,417
You got to be kidding me.
797
00:37:52,542 --> 00:37:53,500
- It doesn't get
any better than that.
798
00:37:53,625 --> 00:37:55,000
- Yeah.
- My God.
799
00:37:55,125 --> 00:37:56,875
This is great.
So you got the "Ohioan."
800
00:37:56,958 --> 00:37:59,458
♪ ♪
801
00:37:59,583 --> 00:38:01,500
narrator: The same team
that discovered
802
00:38:01,625 --> 00:38:03,750
a piece of the space
shuttle "Challenger"
803
00:38:03,875 --> 00:38:05,333
outside the Triangle...
804
00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:09,000
♪ ♪
805
00:38:09,083 --> 00:38:10,542
narrator:
Has finally put a name
806
00:38:10,625 --> 00:38:13,583
to an 80-year-old mystery...
807
00:38:13,667 --> 00:38:15,500
♪ ♪
808
00:38:15,667 --> 00:38:17,958
And identified one
of the largest
809
00:38:18,083 --> 00:38:20,625
wrecks ever lost off Florida.
810
00:38:20,708 --> 00:38:24,333
♪ ♪
811
00:38:24,417 --> 00:38:27,375
The final resting place
of "Proteus" and "Nereus"
812
00:38:27,542 --> 00:38:30,792
is still out there
waiting to be found...
813
00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:32,708
♪ ♪
814
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:36,208
But this wreck can
now be identified
815
00:38:36,333 --> 00:38:40,583
as an American war grave.
816
00:38:40,708 --> 00:38:42,667
- There were men on board
that lost their lives.
817
00:38:42,833 --> 00:38:45,167
We can tell the stories
of the guys
818
00:38:45,375 --> 00:38:46,833
and maybe bring
a little dignity,
819
00:38:46,958 --> 00:38:49,167
you know, back
to their memory with all this.
820
00:38:49,333 --> 00:38:56,625
♪ ♪
821
00:38:57,708 --> 00:39:00,583
narrator: Historical
investigator Wayne Abbott
822
00:39:00,708 --> 00:39:02,625
delivers the news
to someone who holds
823
00:39:02,750 --> 00:39:04,958
this ship close to heart.
824
00:39:05,042 --> 00:39:09,167
♪ ♪
825
00:39:09,292 --> 00:39:11,667
Talbot Goodyear's
family was part
826
00:39:11,792 --> 00:39:14,292
of the citizen rescue
operation to save
827
00:39:14,417 --> 00:39:17,083
the "Ohioan's" few survivors.
828
00:39:17,208 --> 00:39:19,375
- They look out,
and they see smoke
829
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,833
coming up from the horizon.
830
00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:24,417
I think my grandfather
had probably the most
831
00:39:24,542 --> 00:39:26,667
instantaneous reaction.
832
00:39:26,792 --> 00:39:28,708
♪ ♪
833
00:39:28,833 --> 00:39:30,583
narrator: The Goodyear
family rushes
834
00:39:30,708 --> 00:39:32,750
to the scene
in their private boat.
835
00:39:32,875 --> 00:39:35,500
♪ ♪
836
00:39:35,583 --> 00:39:39,208
But the ship has already sunk.
837
00:39:39,375 --> 00:39:40,917
- When they got there,
it was carnage.
838
00:39:41,083 --> 00:39:43,042
You know,
bodies floating around
839
00:39:43,167 --> 00:39:48,208
and guys clinging to wreckage,
a huge oil slick.
840
00:39:48,333 --> 00:39:52,958
My grandmother was
horrified at what she saw.
841
00:39:53,042 --> 00:39:54,333
- Wow.
842
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,417
♪ ♪
843
00:39:56,542 --> 00:40:00,167
narrator: 15 American sailors
died when the Nazi torpedo
844
00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:03,333
hit the "Ohioan."
845
00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:07,667
Talbot's family
rescued nine others.
846
00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:10,125
- I have something to show you.
847
00:40:10,292 --> 00:40:13,167
♪ ♪
848
00:40:13,333 --> 00:40:14,708
- That's the "Ohioan."
849
00:40:14,875 --> 00:40:17,292
- This is the SS "Ohioan."
- Amazing.
850
00:40:17,375 --> 00:40:20,333
♪ ♪
851
00:40:20,458 --> 00:40:22,083
- What do you think
that your grandmother
852
00:40:22,208 --> 00:40:23,500
and grandfather
would say if they
853
00:40:23,625 --> 00:40:25,417
were able to see this footage?
854
00:40:25,542 --> 00:40:26,917
- [laughs]
My grandmother would be--
855
00:40:27,042 --> 00:40:28,667
her jaw would be dropping.
856
00:40:28,792 --> 00:40:31,208
I mean, she would be quite
emotional about it, I think.
857
00:40:31,375 --> 00:40:32,792
It's pretty amazing.
858
00:40:32,917 --> 00:40:35,458
♪ ♪
859
00:40:35,542 --> 00:40:37,292
- It's always nice,
as shipwreck hunters,
860
00:40:37,417 --> 00:40:39,417
to give closure to a family.
861
00:40:39,583 --> 00:40:41,958
This is a very,
very special story
862
00:40:42,042 --> 00:40:43,667
with an incredible ending.
863
00:40:43,750 --> 00:40:49,708
♪ ♪
864
00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:51,375
- But the "Nereus"
and "Proteus"
865
00:40:51,500 --> 00:40:53,000
are still out there somewhere.
866
00:40:53,125 --> 00:40:55,292
♪ ♪
867
00:40:55,375 --> 00:40:57,125
narrator:
While the missing freighters
868
00:40:57,208 --> 00:41:02,417
go back on Mike's map, one
wreck can now be taken off.
869
00:41:02,542 --> 00:41:04,417
- To actually document
it positively,
870
00:41:04,542 --> 00:41:06,750
having a name on the bow,
that is just--
871
00:41:06,917 --> 00:41:08,333
doesn't get better than that.
872
00:41:08,417 --> 00:41:15,500
♪ ♪
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