The "Hutton" is a dive spot similiar to the Suloide, maybe due to the fact that they are relatively close to each other. Also due to the fact that the Suloide met her fate by running into the sunken Hutton. This dive I have done countless times, and I have yet to fully map this wreck. This year we have had some good vis on the "Hutton" and on one trip, Chris and Ian were swimming with a pod of dolphins while I hung on the hang bar and watched. I also had a real fun encounter with Bee on the bottom of the wreck when as I was reaching for a piece of the wreck, I got a near-mouth full of teeth! There was a 8 footer seeing what we were up to. I will take some pictures this year and post them. Shown are pictures from last year when Paul, Tommy, and Shane dove her.

...The Hutton is at a depth of 70 feet. It is approximately a 400 foot wreck that is scattered along the bottom. The Hutton, a.k.a. the "Portola Plumas", was built in 1920 and sunk by the U-124 on March 18, 1942. The crew of the Hutton made their way to life boats and rafts after being torpedoed twice by Johann Mohr, the kapitan of the U-124. 13 men of the Hutton never saw the light of day again. The U-124 was very busy that particular night. Only a half hour prior, they sunk the Papoose. Johann Mohr also laid to rest the Naeco, the E.M. Clark, the Esso Nashville, and others. The U-124 was finally sunk with all hands on April 2-3, 1943, west of Gibralter.

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