Track of the Gray Wolf: U-Boat Warfare on the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, 1942-1945

Gentile, Gary

Avon/Books

Struggling against the dragonlike alien invaders who have taken control of the Earth, the human rebels are determined to capture an alien time transporter and journey to the main alien base in Earth's distant past

Dragons Past

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

No Future For Dragons

A hundred years after the collapse of human civilization, reptilian invaders rule the earth

A Time for Dragons

Ace Books

Advanced Wreck Diving Guide

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub

Shipwrecks of New Jersey

Sea Sports Pubns

by Gary GentileThe collision and sinking of the Andrea Doria on July 25, 1956 has been the subject of debate since that fateful night. Fifty-two people lost their lives, the Italian Line lost its finest ship and the sea rescue made banner headlines around the world. Today she rests on her starboard side in 240 feet of cold Atlantic water 50 miles south of Nantucket and since that time numerous schemes of hull salvage have been discussed and salvors have penetrated seeking treasure and photographers have captured her slow disintegration.This book chronicles her story after she sank to the authors's first twenty-two expeditions to the wreck from the recovery of the bronze Admiral Andrea Doria to the recovery of the ship's bell. Colour illustrations of the ships interiors prior to sinking and numerous underwater photographs.150 pages. Hardback

Andrea Doria: Dive to an Era

Gary Gentile Productions

A shipwreck is a time capsule: a fragment of history buried in the sea, a temporary repository of the remnants of a bygone age. The wood or steel hull is a transient abode that precariously extends the life of man's handiwork only slightly beyond the date of disaster and human suffering. This does not mean that the objects contained within are granted eternal life, for the sea is ever changing, ever destroying; it means only that oft sought relics have been granted a slight reprieve from obliteration. 
 To preserve a flag one does not hang it on a pole during a full gale: it is folded and packed a way safely. One does not store precious china on an exposed mountain ridge where it is subject to rock falls, summer sun, and winter snow: it is kept in a glass case under controlled conditions. An artifact must be preserved from the elements of nature, not consigned to its capriciousness; the longer it is constrained to these wild forces the less likely it is to survive intact, to be found and appreciated by future generations. 
 On July 19, 1918 such a time capsule was born. When the San Diego sank within sight of American shores, after striking a mine laid by the German U-boat U-156, she relinquished all claims to the title of warship and became instead a vast storehouse of marine equipment, naval stores, munitions, and the personal effects of over a thousand distressed sailors. She was a museum in the making; items then not worth the cost of salvage have slowly evolved into nautical antiques precious to the present-day generation. 
 The San Diego is a time machine: a shortcut to 1918, a slice of Americana. Once at war with the forces of man, she now fights a never ending battle against gradual but inevitable erosion by the chemical soup in which she is immersed. 
 To fully understand the San Diego we must travel back through the years not just to the moment of her birth, when she was christened the California, but to the time of her conception, for, although she lived in the twentieth century, she was a product of nineteenth century naval strategy. Thus begins the history of Armored Cruiser Number 6. 
 This book is copiously illustrated with a wealth of black and white historical photographs andwith numerous color underwater photographs taken by the author during his many explorations ofthe vast interior.

U.S.S. San Diego: The Last Armored Cruiser

Shipwrecks of Delaware and Maryland (Gary Gentile's Popular Dive Guide Series)

High tech diving is not just a passing fashion, it is here to stay. Space-age spin-off underwater hardware, coupled with developing techniques and their utilization in lakes and the open ocean, is forever changing the realm of wreck diving.Shipwrecks once considered inaccessible are now visited regularly.... from inside cover.

Ultimate Wreck-Diving Guide

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