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RE: General Who Am I/Are We - LKTraz - 11-24-2009
None other than Baltimore, Maryland's own.......Edgar Allen Poe!
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - Jilly - 11-24-2009
YES !!! Good one....I love his works...His poetry especially .
Your turn LK.
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - LKTraz - 11-24-2009
Born in 1942 in Wichita, Kansas this man has become a pioneer in marine biology/archaeology and undersea exploration technology.
He has either invented or collaborated on many of the deep submersible vehicles and is credited with most of the major sunken ship discoveries since the 1980's.
Who is this man and name 3 of his major shipwreck discoveries.
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - ralgith - 11-24-2009
That would be Commander U.S.N. (Ret.) Robert Ballard
Most famous shipwreck discovery: RMS Titanic
Other famous shipwrecks he discovered:
..Bismarck
..Lusitania
..USS Yorktown
Submersibles (manned AND unmanned) he helped design:
Argo
Jason Junior
(I don't know any more, but there are more)
He has also written several books.
Sorry LK, you picked one of my favorite people... lol I first got interested in him/his career when I did a report on the Titanic in High School. What most people don't know is he wasn't even supposed to be looking for the Titanic. He was being paid by the Navy to look for 2 subs lost during the 60s. The USS Thresher (SSN-593) [Lead boat in the Thresher class of boats] and the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) [A Skipjack class boat]... 2 early nuclear powered subs. He found both, which had imploded from exceeding their crush depth (or from a fault), by following their debris trails (created by the effects of underwater implosion) right to the wrecks. So, he employed the same technique to find the Titanic. And it worked.
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - Jilly - 11-25-2009
LOL !! I am laughing my socks off !!! hahahahaha !!! Well done Ral .
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - LKTraz - 11-25-2009
Ah you indeed are correct Ral.
As far as the Titanic mission......Ballard intended to search for it BUT had no operating cash. In order to get it he did the Thresher and Scorpion searches and the USN told him if there were funds left he could use them to look for Titanic.
It was serendipitous (and he admits it) that discovering the implosion debris field effect helped him find Titanic.
BTW, other submersible: ALVIN
Good show sir. Post away!
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - ralgith - 11-30-2009
I thought Alvin was built prior to his retirement from the Navy? Or was he part of its rebuild later in life? Oh well, semantics lol!
This man is a former Navy SEAL and is responsible for the creation of TWO unique Navy Counter Intelligence & Operations teams. He served in Vietnam, and is/was a convicted felon. He has also authored several books.
Name the man, the 2 teams he created, and if you're really full of piss & vinegar, the name of his book series.
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - LKTraz - 11-30-2009
Ballard was a consultant on the rebuild.
Might this be Tom Clancy?
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - ralgith - 12-01-2009
Sorry, nope. Clancy wasn't a SEAL
If I remember correctly he was an aviator.
RE: General Who Am I/Are We - Jilly - 12-02-2009
Marcus Luttrell ?
Lone Survivor ...book
I only know Team 10