Tanker vessel underwater inspection by divers.

Tanker vessel hull inspection near Colombia coast. Air escaping from stern tube is wartsila air guard system. Aft seal in stern tube is without oil and pressurized by air. Therefore it is not possible that stern tube oil is contaminated by water. In stern tube main engine circulating oil can be used, no need to replace by VGP environmental friendly oil.

[gabedeblois]

Thank you for showing me a 12 minute video of my two biggest fears. Being in the water next to a giant ship and being near propellers

[Slowgroovin]

Can only imagine the amount of massive undersea mountains, canyons, shipwrecks, and miles of dark depths that hull has passed over.

[yassasloan]

never done vessel inspection but ive done two dives for deep sea platforms... got much respect for anyone who does this for a living... ive done everything from skydiving to free solo to cranes and i must say the only time i can say i felt fear was diving in open ocean...its truly an alien world.

[Jetset_hd]

Damn bro, thats straight up nightmare fuel

[wezmarauder]

Just the image of swimming next to a tanker (or any huge ship) is scary enough for me. To dive *under* it is real life horror. And diving close to a giant propeller? They can't pay me enough to do that.

[codyking]

When I was 9, my family vacationed to Carolina Beach. We got to check out the Cherry Point docks, where they load military cargo ships. My sister and I were horseplaying on the dock where two large cargo ships were moored up. At some point I fell into the water just feet away from the side of the cargo ship, and I remember rolling over and opening my eyes and seeing the blurry shape of the massive hull of the ship descending into the darkness. They quickly hauled me out of the water, but that nightmare image has stuck with me for life.

[markrhuett]

Still amazes that thing is floating on water.

[adreamingghost]

5:36 Just imagine hearing some deep deep dark bass sound and some metal scratching as the propeller slowly starts turning and inevitably pulling you closer until...

[garylucas]

Absolutely amazing. I have never seen underwater video of a ship that large before. I was surprised to see air ‘venting’ out at different locations. It was a bit creepy at times!

[c.french]

Maybe a voice over with commentary on what we're seeing instead of the super spooky music

[chriscusick]

Isn't it amazing you can approach your fears in the safety of videos like this?

[michaeltaylors]

This is fantastic. To all those being really spooked by submerged objects, you work up to something like this. Start with piers, debris piles, sunken small craft, then to full on ship wrecks.

[thespartan]

shout out to the people who do this kind of stuff as a job. this is terrifying

[williamstone]

I like the music. Pretty relaxing when your looking into the ABYSS.

[nicklockard]

We took a swim call off Catalina Island (southern California coast) in 1992 from the USS Ohio, SSBN 726 nuclear submarine. Me and 4 other guys were crazy/brave enough to jump in. I was surprised that it was moving! We had to swim pretty hard to get from amidships to the bow up front. We then body-surfed up onto the bow to get back aboard. No way was I going to climb up the ladder against that sinisterly-dark hull, probably crusted with sharp stuff! Damn that was scary AF. Can't believe I did that! A buddy of mine volunteered to be our shark watch. He was roped off and standing up on top of the sailing dive planes with an M14 keeping a watch out for us. Thanks buddy.

Oh, and I almost forgot, but a pleasure boat was so curious they got within 100 yards to watch us. It's not every day you see a gigantic nuclear sub on the surface with hot dog cookouts and swimmers.

[yourdrummer]

Submechanophobia. Fear of submerged, or partially submerged manmade objects. Edit: the music makes it scarier than it needs to be!!

[nun]

I bet these guys get such an amazingly surreal feeling every time they have to get in the water next to such a giant and powerful thing, probably never gets old, I wish I weren't so afraid of such things because without anxiety and fear I imagine its an amazing experience.

[FerroequinologistofColorado]

I am both absolutely terrified and absolutely fascinated by the giant propeller and rudder.

[SonnyC]

You just have to trust that no one will turn the engine on.. that terrifies me

[bgvanstiphout]

This falls in the 'Hell no' category. The submechanofobia is strong with this one.