On one occasion, a sport diver had a problem on the bottom and came within an inch of drowning.
"You'd think sport divers would have stumbled onto it by now," said Kelly.
The Chisholm sat mostly undisturbed until she was rediscovered by sport divers in the 1960s.
Could this explain why she was never located by either sport divers or fishermen?
The wreck has subsequently become an attraction for sport divers.
More recent investigation by sport divers has raised questions about Navy reports on the wreck.
Were they simply thieving sport divers or persons with more relevant motives?
Aboard, always, are a rabid handful of sport divers with a penchant for experiencing history.
The only artifacts that will ever be retrieved will probably surface in the hands of local sport divers.
The Emperor quickly became an attraction to sport divers.