A curious golden blenny peeks out from a crevice on the wreck of the USS General Sherman.
A belted sandfish swims among the encrusted remains of the USS General Sherman.
Every surface offers a foothold for life. A tapestry of small plant-like animals form the base of an ecosystem developing on a shipwreck.
An archive photo of the British sub hunter. The St. Cathan was on patrol off the coast of Murrells Inlet on April 11, 1942, when it collided with the SS Hebe.
A diver to the SS Hebe descends through the blue void and a cloud of bubbles exhaled by divers already on the bottom.
A diver holds a brown Venezuelan beer bottle and green insecticide bottle on the SS Hebe.
A deck winch on the SS Hebe.
An archive photo of the Dutch freighter. The SS Hebe was heading to Curacao from New York City in 1942 when it collided into the HMT St. Cathan.
The huge upturned bow of the SS Hebe.
Corals and clouds of bait fish engulf the wreck of the SS Hebe, which lies 45 miles out to sea from Murrells Inlet.
A sampling of artifacts recovered from the SS Hebe include beer, medicine and morphine bottles, a dinner plate, fork and a brass sconce from a gas lamp. Bullets and grape shot (foreground) can be found on the USS General Sherman and other Civil War-era wrecks in this area.
A sand tiger shark.
A tiny blenny pokes its head out of a hole on the USS General Sherman.
A school of small fish swims overhead off of the Myrtle Beach coast.
A spotted moray eel.
