Pedro is approximately 111' in length and 30' wide. Built in Japan and operated by a Korean fishing company. Age is not known. There is much argument about whether the name should be pronounced Saint or San. Many argue that the name should be San due to Pedro being a Spanish name and that would be proper Spanish. Others argue whether that has any bearing since Pedro was not owned by Spanish speakers and Asian translations into English are often creative. However, the name on the stern was St. Pedro #36.

From Mike Doyle, ABS surveyor:
Ship was carrying cargo to be delivered to the fishing fleet in the Pacific, included was bait and foodstuff. In 1975 the ship caught fire off of South Point on the Big Island. All extinguishers were used and then the crew started to use the cargo to attempt to put out the fire. The soy sauce was used on the fire to the detriment of the crew. The fire was eventually put out but with extensive damage to the ship. The ship was towed by the USCG to Kawaihae on the Big Island. After a few days of no refrigeration; the bait and burnt soy sauce began to stink and the people of the area began to call the St. Pedro the "Teriyaki Boat". The boat was bought off of the insurance company by a gentleman of the name of Matt Andrade with intentions of turning her into an inter-island freighter in the south Pacific and had the boat towed to Keehi Lagoon where it stayed for the next two decades. It eventually sank in about 10' of water.

In 1993 State boating workers discovered an incredible mess. The deck was littered with hundreds of containers leaking toxic material. The state began clean up on the boat shortly there after with funding from the EPA "Super Fund" clean up money to handle the toxic material. The Coast Guard and the Army Corps of Engineers assisted the state when it cleaned the St. Pedro of fuel oil, refrigerants, insulation foam and asbestos, flushed the engine and filled 21 roll-off containers with junk. The state intended to tow the derelict 12 miles out to sea and sink it until Atlantis Submarines stepped in to pay for the increased expense of meeting strict EPA, Coast Guard and state health department standards for sinking the ship in shallow water. Atlantis also reimbursed the state Boating and Recreation Divisions for money it had spent to clean up the ship. Atlantis acquired the ship from the Department of Land and Natural Resources on 12/21/95. The ship was sunk on January 11th 1996. Atlantis spent $360,000 on the project.

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We also welcomed Charlie Roskoz out for a wonderful day of diving with Dean, Amy, Morgan and of course Charlie, excellent day to be on the water. Congratulations again Morgan.

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We also had Matt and Heather diving with us all week, thank you very much and on Sunday we went out for there last dives on Island and Matt had his son Chris join in for a Intro dive.

Sorry Chris your Dad made me do it, you can even see in the photo he's pinching my arm to do it...

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