Classic Wreck Diving Books

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Dive Into History: Warships
This classic series set the standard for shipwreck books. The format and outline has been copied countless times by almost every shipwreck that followed. This book is chock full of hundreds of photos, archival and colorful underwater shots, facts, figures, maps, and detailed descriptions of each wreck as they lay on the ocean floor. Also described in depth are the fascinating stories of each vessel and how the succumbed to their fate. This series of books is extremely difficult to locate and in very high demand.

Vol. I Warships details over 200 years of American warships: sailing ships, cruisers, frigates, cutters, destroyers, minesweepers, and patrol boats. General descriptions of water and current conditions, as well as depths, typical visibilities, and wreck location are included for over 40 warships. General descriptions and observations are included for over 50 more.

Sailing Ships:
HMS Cerberus, HMS Culloden, USS Ohio, USS New Hampshire, USS Alligator

Cruisers:
USS Yankee, USS Schurz, USS San Diego, USS Wilkes Barre

Destroyers, Cutters, and Patrol Vessels:
USS Jacob Jones, USS Sturtevant, HMCS St.Francis, USS Turner, Mohawk, USCG Duane, USCG Bibb, USS Moonstone

Summaries of Warship Wrecks:
Sailing Vessels:
HMS Winchester, HMS Feversham, Ferret, le Chameau, HMS Astrea, Celebre, Entreppenant, Capricieux, HMS Augusta, Merlin, HMS Tribune, HMS DeBraak, General Arnold, HMS Zebra, Warren, Defence, HMS Amaranth, USS Huron, HMS Somerset, HMS Phoenix

Battleships:
USS Texas, USS Massachusetts

Destroyers, Cutters, Assorted Vessels
HMCS Assiniboine, Alexander, Albert Gallatin, USS Grouse, USS Strength, USS Tarantula, USS PC-11, USS PC-1203, HMS Senateur Duhamel, Bedfordshire, Pentland Firth, USS Rankin

Warships Awaiting Discovery in Canada, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Henry Keatts
Price: $30

Guide to Shipwreck Diving: North Carolina
By Roderick Farb

Farb has written a classic book about 25 of the best wrecks in the waters off North Carolina from Civil War blockade runners to German U-Boats and from passenger liners to US Navy submarines. Supplemented with scores of underwater photos, historical photos, and maps are excellent descriptions of historical descriptions of each wreck, story of each loss, depth, potential currents, type of bottom terrain, and tips for underwater photographers.

Shipwrecks of North Carolina:
U-85, Dixie Arrow, Proteus, USS Tarpon, Caribsea, Atlas, Ashkhabad, Bedfordshire, USS Schurz, U-352, Papoose, Ella Pierce Thurlow, W.E. Hutton, Suloide, Cassimir, Normannia, Lobster Wreck, Esso Nashville, John D. Gill, City of Houston, Aphrodite, Modern Greece, USS Huron, USS Peterhoff, George Weems
Price: $20

Track of the Gray Wolf: U-Boat Warfare on the US Eastern Seaboard
By Gary Gentile

In January 1942, German Unterseeboots brought the fight to the American shore and sank hundreds of ships off the US Eastern Seaboard, laid mines off harbors and bays, and dropped off spies onto American beaches. This is the story of the little known history of the merchant mariners and the struggles to keep the American coast safe and guarded against the dreaded U-Boats as told by those who survived the horrible battles. A classic, must have book for anyone interested in U-Boat history.
Price: $10

Dive Into History: US Subs
This classic series set the standard for shipwreck books. The format and outline has been copied countless times by almost every shipwreck that followed. This book is chock full of hundreds of photos, archival and colorful underwater shots, facts, figures, maps, and detailed descriptions of each wreck as they lay on the ocean floor. Also described in depth are the fascinating stories of each vessel and how the succumbed to their fate. This series of books is extremely difficult to locate and in very high demand.

Vol. II US Submarines details the many triumphs and tragedies of the US submarines from development to the events surrounding their final resting places on the bottom of the ocean. General descriptions of water and current conditions, as well as depths, typical visibilities, and wreck location are included for 14 submarines. Also described are all 52 US submarine losses in World War II and the losses of more than 50 more throughout the world.

U.S. Submarines:
Hunley, G-1, G-2, L-8, S-5, S-16, S-21, S-37, S-49, Bass, Tarpon, Dragonet, Blenny, Spikefish

World War II US Submarine Losses:
Albacore, Amberjack, Argonaut, Barbel, Bonefish, Bullhead, Capelin, Cisco, Corvina, Darter, Dorado, Escolar, Flier, Golet, Grampus, Grayback, Grayling, Grenadier, Growler, Grunion, Gudgeon, harder, Herring, Kete, Largarto, Perch, Pickerel, Pompano, Robalo, Runner, R-12, Scamp, Scorpion, Sculpin, Sealion, Seawolf, Shark (SS-174), Shark (SS-314), Snook, Swordfish, S-26, S-27, S-28, S-36, S-39, S-44, Tang, Trigger, Triton, Trout, Tullibee, Wahoo

More than 50 Additional US Submarine Losses throughout the World
Henry Keatts
Price: $30

Dive Into History: U-Boats
This classic series set the standard for shipwreck books. The format and outline has been copied countless times by almost every shipwreck that followed. This book is chock full of hundreds of photos, archival and colorful underwater shots, facts, figures, maps, and detailed descriptions of each wreck as they lay on the ocean floor. Also described in depth are the fascinating stories of each vessel and how the succumbed to their fate. This series of books is extremely difficult to locate and in very high demand. Volume III: U-Boats details the development of the German Unterseeboot from the 15th-century to the dreaded wolf-packs of the World Wars and the tragic stories surrounding their losses. General descriptions of water and current conditions, as well as depths, typical visibilities, and wreck location are included for 11 sunken U-Boats – eight along the eastern coast of the United States, one off California, one in Lake Michigan, and one in the Potomac River.
U-Boats: UC-97, UB-88, U-85, U-352, U-215, U-701, U-853, U-1105, U-2513, U-???, U-Who (U-869)
Henry Keatts
Price: $30
Southern California
Darren Douglass
Price: $40
Guide to Shipwreck Diving: NY/NJ
Henry Keatts
Price: $126.00

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