Depth - 36-42 meters (120-140 feet)
Excavation - 1967, 1969, 1974
Project Director - George F. Bass
“The first wood emerged from the sand, bits of ceiling – or inner hull lining – sticking to solid ribs. Beneath the ribs were the strakes, or rows of outer hull planks.... some of the timbers we uncovered ran off at an oblique angle from the rest of the ship. Only slowly did we realize that this was a second, more recent wreck lying under the sand, and lying directly on top of the Roman hulk.... Three ships, centuries apart, had ripped their bottoms on Yassi Ada’s reef and settled virtually on top of one another.”
“Other, less dangerous creatures also lived in the amphoras. Ben Jones caught an octopus for dinner, and finished his half-hour dive with the writhing mollusk zipped inside his rubber jacket. He claimed it was delicious that night, but his chest was covered with a pox of red circles from a hundred suction cups.” - George F. Bass, 1975