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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Shipwreck search Shipwreck search Sally M. Walker What a discovery! Deep under the Atlantic Ocean, divers found a shipwreck like no other. It was the H. L. Hunley, a submarine that had sunk during the Civil War! A team of scientists from all over th… OL15024348W
Where divers dare Where divers dare Randall S. Peffer "In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle i… OL19670534W
The taking of K-129 The taking of K-129 Josh Dean An incredible true tale of espionage and engineering set at the height of the Cold War--a mix between The Hunt for Red October and Argo-- about how the CIA, the U.S. Navy, and America's most eccentri… OL19715179W
The sunken gold The sunken gold Joseph A. Williams On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to f… OL19719721W
The Mathews men The Mathews men William Geroux One of the last unheralded heroic stories of World War II: the U-boat assault off the American coast against the men of the U.S. Merchant Marine who were supplying the European war, and one community… OL20030160W
HMS Alliance HMS Alliance Bob Mealing This is a beautiful and informative guidebook and history of HMS Alliance. HMS Alliance was laid down at the Vickers Shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness on 13 March 1945. Allied forces had entered Germany … OL24269832W
Battleground Atlantic Battleground Atlantic Richard N. Billings In June, 1944, U.S. Navy warplanes sank a Japanese submarine called the I-52 in the Atlantic, an event of enormous strategic importance. For the I-52 was to return to Japan with the lethal ingredient… OL5836385W