The author describes undersea searches for such fabled ships as the Cumberland, a Union frigate sunk during the Civil War; the U-21, the first German sub to sink a warship during WWI & escape; and others. B&W photos.
The steamboat Lexington. Through by daylight --
1840 --
Enter NUMA --
1983 --
The Republic of Texas Navy Ship Zavala. A sweet-handling ship --
1836-1842 --
Ship in a parking lot --
1986 --
U.S.S. Cumberland and C.S.S. Florida. Her flag still flying --
1862 --
She-devil of the Confederacy --
1864 --
Where did they go? --
1980 --
Back with a vengeance --
1982 --
C.S.S. Arkansas. The gauntlet --
1862 --
Go down to the levee --
1981 --
U.S.S. Carondelet. The river war --
1862 --
Some days you can't win --
1982 --
The Confederate Submarine Hunley. The little sub that could ... and did --
1864 --
The toughest find of all --
1980 --
Once more with feeling --
1981 --
If at first you don't succeed --
1994 --
The lost locomotive of Kiowa Creek. Journey to nowhere --
1878 --
One that got away --
1989. Cont.): H.M.S. Pathfinder, U-21, and U-20. Death from the depths --
1914 --
Down in eighteen minutes --
1915 --
I'd rather be in Hawaii --
1984 --
The troop transport Léopoldville. Silent night, deadly night --
1944 --
Curses, foiled again --
1984 --
They can't be found if you don't look. Postscript --
Current list of national underwater & marine agency shipwreck surveys and discoveries --
Foreign ships discovered and surveyed --
Additional sites surveyed