Wales, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 02:11 PM UTC
As well as the various Ballard books, there is also this textbook on underwater archaeology which explains a lot of the terminology and covers most of the major (and minor) wrecksites up to the 1990s.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0714127582/026-4150867-2858864 Had to mention it, as if you study the bibliography really closely, you'll find my name

Though the boat in question wasn't underwater, well not all of the time anyway........
And there's also 'The sea remembers' if you can get hold of it
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555840930/103-1206941-2571005?v=glance&n=283155 Archaeology is destruction - providing you do it properly
Barlands Farm Model Boat Club 1993
Grumpyoldman
_ADVISORFlorida, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 04:05 PM UTC
Here's two that I enjoyed reading a few years ago:
1. USS San Diego-The Last Armored Cruiser
By Gary Gentile ISBN 0-9621453-1-9
2. Shipwrecks of the Atlantic---Montauk to Cape May
By Bill Davis ISBN 0-923155-12-0
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 12:55 AM UTC
One that I realy like also is Ghost Fleet. It's about a crew of divers who dove the fleet that was sunk by the bomb tests at Bikini. They dove on a transport ship, the battleship USS Arkansas, the carrier Saratoga, and the Japanese battleship Nagato, among others.
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