Sea Hunters II : More True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks

by Cussler, Clive; Dirgo, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780425193723
• ISBN10: 0425193721
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-12-30
• Publisher: Berkley

Summary

More true adventures with shipwrecks and the real life NUMA - Clive Cussler's National Underwater & Marine Agency.

Author Biography

Clive Cussler is the author or coauthor of twenty-one previous books. He divides his time between the mountains of Colorado and the deserts of Arizona Craig Dirgo has been special projects director on many NUMA expeditions since 1987 and now serves as a trustee. He lives in Arizona

Table of Contents

NUMA Advisory Board of Trustees	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
L'Aimable
The Father of Waters--1684-1685	p. 17
Out of Reach--1998-1999	p. 33
The Steamboat New Orleans
Penelore--1811-1814	p. 45
Where Did It Go?--1986, 1995	p. 71
The Ironclads Manassas and Louisiana
Civil War Turtle--1861-1862	p. 83
They Don't Come Cheaper Than This--1981, 1996	p. 104
U.S.S. Mississippi
A Magnificent End--1863	p. 117
Nothing Stays the Same--1989	p. 129
The Siege of Charleston: Keokuk, Weehawken, and Patapsco
Cradle of Secession--1863-1865	p. 137
Three for the Price of One--1981, 2001	p. 155
The Cannon of San Jacinto
The Twin Sisters--1835, 1865, 1905	p. 167
Dr. Graves, What Have You Done?--1987-1997	p. 181
Mary Celeste
Mystery Ship--1872	p. 197
Paradise Gone--2001	p. 219
The Steamboat General Slocum
Never Again--1904	p. 237
Coke Isn't Necessarily a Soft Drink--1994, 2000	p. 254
S.S. Waratah
Disappearing Act--1909	p. 261
Is It Here or Is It There?--1987-2001	p. 276
R.M.S. Carpathia
Savior of the Seas--1912, 1918	p. 285
It's Never Easy--2000	p. 305
L'Oiseau Blanc
The White Bird--1927	p. 319
Rain, Black Flies, and Bogs--1984, 1997, 1998	p. 339
U.S.S. Akron
Lighter Than Air--1931-1933	p. 351
No Surfing in New Jersey--1986	p. 372
PT--109
PT-109--1943	p. 381
I Have a Special Room in My Mind for You--2001	p. 411
America's Leonardo da Vinci	p. 425
Postscript from the Author	p. 433
Current List of NUMA Search Surveys and Discoveries	p. 435
Additional Historic Sites and Artifacts	p. 445
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