U-Boats and Submarines
THE HUNLEY
Mark K. Ragan, project historian for the recovery effort, has written perhaps the most complete history of the Hunley to date. During the height of America's Civil War, the small iron submarine prowled the coast of South Carolina searching for a Union warship. On the night of 17 Feb 1864, the H.L. Hunley became the first submarine to sink an enemy ship - a feat that would not be repeated until World War I!
The author worked as a diver in while the Hunley was being recovered. He has compiled a fantastic book complete with photos from the beginnings of the Hunley to the recovery effort.
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All submarine sailors, whether German or American or Russian or Chinese, have one thing in common – extraordinary bravery. These men risked their lives in a violent world each time the set out to sea. Many didn’t come back. The statistics for the deaths of submariners in the World Wars speak for themselves. Dr. Robert D. Ballard, founder of the Titanic, writes: “As we descend into the darkness below, we must, if we are honest, acknowledge how fragile we are in this world. Simply put, we don’t belong there. It’s a world that wants to kill you and it can be a silent, invisible killer.”
This fascinating book chronicles the evolution of the submarine – from its meager beginnings in the 17th Century to the German U-Boats in World Wars I and II to the dawn of the nuclear submarine up to and including shocking text and images of the Kursk tragedy.
This book is brilliantly written and is stocked with archival pictures and documents, artwork, diagrams, and Skerry’s dramatic underwater images. Anyone interested in naval warfare – professors, divers, amateur naval historians, and naval enthusiasts will enjoy this book. This book is the definitive illustrated history of the submarine.
Spencer Dunmore
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On the night of September 25, 1925, the City of Rome rammed the U.S. Navy submarine S-51 off Block Island, Rhode Island. The S-51 sank in 132 fsw along with the lives of 33 sailors.
The U.S. Navy was in the middle of a public nightmare and had a serious public image problem due to the fact that the catastrophe of the S-51 was only one in a series of naval accidents in recent times. Due to public outrage the Navy determined that all costs must be made in order to salvage the S-51 even though the task was considered impossible. No sub was ever raised from such a depth.
This daunting task of raising the sub fell to Lieutenant Commander Edward Ellsberg and a group of divers scrounged from all over the Fleet. Over a terrifying and painstaking nine month period at sea, the men successfully raised the S-51.
This book was originally published in 1929. This reprinted Special Edition also includes a DVD of newsreel footage of “The Raising of the S-51” and an audio CD of an oral history by Edward Ellsberg and the period song “Sinking of the S-51.”
Commander Edward EllsbergIncludes Multimedia CDROM with Video FootageRetail Price: $34.95 Our Price: $31.45 (10%Off)
A Shadow in the Sea: Diving the U-85
Author and Diver Jim Bunch, with over 500 logged dives on the U-85 tells the story of the U-85 from the boat, crew, and war cruises to its sinking by the USS Roper and from the first dives made on the U-85 to the remarkable recovery of some fantastic artifacts including two engigma machines in 2001!
This is the first of three volumes Bunch is writing about the U-85. Look for future volumes: Reports and Records and U-85: A Pictorial History in the future. This book is packed with excellent photographs, both archival and colorful underwater shots. A must for any diver interested in U-Boat history or those that wish to dive the U-85.
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Wreck Hunters DVD The USS Bass (US Submarine B-2) sank on March 18, 1945 - it was the test target for the then 'Top Secret' new model torpex aerial mine after being decommissioned by the Navy. Within minutes of being struck by the second mine, the submarine sank beneath the surface in 160 fsw eight miles from Southeast Point Lighthouse on Block Island, Rhode Island.
Veteran videographer and diver, Captain Lou Costello, accompanied by videographer Steve Scheuer and diver Curt Umrysz visit this fascinating shipwreck. Beautiful underwater footage of the Bass along with topside antics by some of the most colorful characters in wreck diving, including photographer Brian Skerry and author Brad Sheard, makes this a must-have DVD that you will watch over and over. Contains spectacular footage of the wreck on a day of unparalleled visability.
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SHADOW DIVERS EXPOSED: THE REAL SAGA OF U-869
The U-869 was one of more than 1,200 U-boats that were constructed for the Nazi war machine. It was sunk off the American eastern seaboard by a combination hedgehog and depth-charge attack. There were no survivors to tell the tragic tale.
Now, for the first time, the real saga of the U-869 can be told in full. Archival documents have established that the U-boat was sunk by two American destroyer escorts. Seven crewmembers of those aggressive warships have supplemented the official record with their personal recollections.
Shadow Divers Exposed works on a multitude of levels. It presents the actual circumstances that surrounded the loss of the U-869. It puts the discovery of the U-869 into perspective with other U-boats that have been found in American waters. It provides an overview of the U-boat war through accounts of other U-boat losses. And it corrects some of the gross errors, wild exaggerations, and deliberate distortions that filled the pages of Shadow Divers.
The author interviewed a number of witnesses whose testimony contradicted the theatrical plot and boastful embellishments that formed the essential ingredients of Shadow Divers. Some of these witnesses actually performed the deeds for which the chosen protagonists of Shadow Divers were given credit. These witnesses disputed many of the fictitious elements that ran rampant through the pages of Shadow Divers.
By means of forensic analyses of shipwreck collapse, torpedo mechanics, and U-boat survivors’ accounts, the present volume explains why the U-869 could not have been sunk by a circular run of its own torpedo - as Shadow Divers had its uninformed readers believe.
Gary Gentile
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UNDER PRESSURE: THE FINAL VOYAGE OF THE SUBMARINE S-5
This is the remarkable, true story of the US Submarine S-5. Based on years of intense research, Hill flawlessly tells the story of the ordinary men who found themselves in an extraordinary circumstance. The S-5 was on its maiden voyage (a tour to promote the US submarine service) when disaster struck. During a routine practice crash dive, the submarine found itself on the bottom of the ocean - 180 feet below the surface. This is their story - how the men of the S-5 survived.
A.J. Hill
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The Fuhrer's U-Boats in American Waters
This book orignated from Gary's groundbreaking book Track of the Gray Wolf originally published in 1989. Gary has not only included the information originally published in '89, but has added 17 more years of research including the latest on the U-869 and a dozen U-boats sunk in American waters. This book chronicles the savagery of the U-Boats along the US eastern shore during WWII.
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