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Book Synopsis Virginia Beach Shipwrecks by : Alpheus Chewning
Download or read book Virginia Beach Shipwrecks written by Alpheus Chewning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-22 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The waters of coastal Virginia swirl with tales both tragic and heroic. Join Virginia Beach native Alpheus Chewning as he recounts harrowing stories of storms at sea, loss of life and fortune and the heroism of the United States Life-Saving Service. Marvel at the blunders and bungles that have plagued the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and learn about the U-boats that lurked off the coast during World War II. Extensively researched and filled with fascinating details, Virginia Beach Shipwrecks is a treasure for sea lovers of all ages.
Book Synopsis Virginia Shipwrecks by : Alpheus J. Chewning
Download or read book Virginia Shipwrecks written by Alpheus J. Chewning and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virginia has more shipwrecks than any other state in the continental United States. With 112 miles of Atlantic coast, Virginia includes almost half of the Chesapeake Bay and many major tributaries: the Lynnhaven River, the Elizabeth River, the James River, the York River, and the Rappahannock River. Since the Jamestown settlement in 1607, hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of military and merchant vessels have sailed through "the Capes," an important economic lifeline linking the United States to the rest of the world. With 3,315 miles of tidal coastline and natural enemies such as water, fire, wind, age, and human fallibility, countless ships and lives have been lost. Virginia Shipwrecks vividly illustrates their story. Alpheus J. Chewning was born and raised in Virginia and has spent many years fishing and sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. In his 27-year career with the Virginia Beach Fire Department, he served several years assigned to the city's first fireboat. He was on the board of advisors of the Virginia Beach Maritime Historical Museum and now serves on the Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach Historical Society Board of Governors.
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks on the Virginia Coast and the Men of the United States Life-Saving Service by : Richard A. Pouliot
Download or read book Shipwrecks on the Virginia Coast and the Men of the United States Life-Saving Service written by Richard A. Pouliot and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlantic coast of Virginia is scarcely a hundred miles long, yet from 1874 to 1915 more than 600 incidents occurred there in which the Life-Saving Service was involved. Nearly 7,000 lives were imperiled in the stranding of vessels. Of these, only 102 lives were lost; only 220 vessels were wrecked beyond hope.Richard A. Pouliot and his wife Julie have woven a tale of heroism, daring, and tragedy in recording these events. Ship names, statistics, and illustrations ... blend to create an exciting story and a valuable reference book. -- Robert H. Burgess, curator emeritus, The Mariners' Museum
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks of the Virginia Coast and Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1915-1941 by : National Archives (U.S.)
Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Virginia Coast and Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1915-1941 written by National Archives (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Waters by : Gary Gentile
Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Waters written by Gary Gentile and published by . This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GARY GENTILE'S POPULAR DIVE GUIDE SERIES Over 100 GPS and loran numbers included As suggested by the title and series name, this volume covers the most well-known wrecks sunk in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. For each of the wrecks covered, a statistical sidebar provides basic information such as the dates of construction and loss, previous names (if any), tonnage and dimensions, builder and owner (at time of loss), port of registry, type of vessel and how propelled, cause of sinking, location (GPS and/or loran coordinates if known), and depth. In most cases, an historical photograph or illustration of the ship leads the text. Throughout the book is scattered a selection of additional photographs. Each volume is full of fascinating narratives of triumph and tragedy, of heroism and disgrace, of human nature at its best and its basest. These books are not about wood and steel, but about flesh and blood, for every shipwreck saga is a human story. Ships may founder, run aground, burn, collide with other vessels, or be torpedoed by a German U-boat. In every case, however, what is emphatically important is what happened to the people who became victims of casualty: how they survived, how they died. Also included are descriptions of the wrecks as they appear on the bottom. At the end of this volume is a bibliography of suggested reading, and a list of GPS and loran numbers of wrecks in and adjacent to the area covered. Wrecks covered in Shipwrecks of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia Waters are: Annie, Brazil, Charon (Revolutionary War gunboat), Chilore, City of Annapolis, Cumberland and Congress (from the Civil War Battle of Hampton Roads), Diamond Shoals, Dorothy, Edward R. Baird, Jr., Florida (Confederate raider), Julia Luckenbach, Katahdin, Lorraine, Louisiana, Monmouth, Nellie Pentz, North Carolina, Pilot, Texas/San Marcos (battleship), Virginia (ex-Merrimack), West Point, William Donnelly, and Wm. D. Sannere. Also included is a special section about shipwrecks in Dutch Gap and Kiptopeke State Park.
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks of Virginia by : Gary Gentile
Download or read book Shipwrecks of Virginia written by Gary Gentile and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004 by : Donald G. Shomette
Download or read book Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004 written by Donald G. Shomette and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels -- some notorious and some forgotten until now -- this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along the Delmarva coast significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole.
Book Synopsis Pirates on the Bay by : Steven K. Smith
Download or read book Pirates on the Bay written by Steven K. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004 by : Donald G. Shomette
Download or read book Shipwrecks, Sea Raiders, and Maritime Disasters Along the Delmarva Coast, 1632–2004 written by Donald G. Shomette and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the accounts of twenty-five ill-starred vessels -- some notorious and some forgotten until now -- this anthology provides a fascinating history of a local maritime culture and charts how the catastrophic events along the Delmarva coast significantly affected U.S. merchant shipping as a whole.
Download or read book Shipwrecked written by Jamin Wells and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reframing the American story from the vantage point of the nation's watery edges, Jamin Wells shows that disasters have not only bedeviled the American beach--they created it. Though the American beach is now one of the most commercialized, contested, and engineered places on the planet, few people visited it or called it home at the beginning of the nineteenth century. By the twentieth century, the American beach had become the summer encampment of presidents, a common destination for millions of citizens, and the site of rapidly growing beachfront communities. Shipwrecked tells the story of this epic transformation, arguing that coastal shipwrecks themselves changed how Americans viewed, used, and inhabited the shoreline. Drawing on a broad range of archival material--including logbooks, court cases, personal papers, government records, and cultural ephemera--Wells examines how shipwrecks laid the groundwork for the beach tourism industry that would transform the American beach from coastal frontier to oceanfront playspace, spur substantial state and private investment alongshore, reshape popular ideas about the coast, and turn the beach into a touchstone of the American experience.
Book Synopsis U-Boats off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight by : Jim Bunch
Download or read book U-Boats off the Outer Banks: Shadows in the Moonlight written by Jim Bunch and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From January to July 1942, more than seventy-five ships sank to North Carolina's "Graveyard of the Atlantic" off the coast of the Outer Banks. German U-boats sank ships in some of the most harrowing sea fighting close to America's shore. Germany's Operation Drumbeat, led by Admiral Karl Donitz, brought fear to the local communities. A Standard oil tanker sank just sixty miles from Cape Hatteras. The U-85 was the first U-boat sunk by American surface forces, and local divers later discovered a rare Enigma machine aboard. Author Jim Bunch traces the destructive history of world war on the shores of the Outer Banks.
Book Synopsis Virginia and Maryland Shipwreck Accounts, 1623 to 1950 by : Joan Charles
Download or read book Virginia and Maryland Shipwreck Accounts, 1623 to 1950 written by Joan Charles and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast by : Pam George
Download or read book Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast written by Pam George and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-02 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the thrilling, mysterious history of the shipwrecks found beneath the waves of Rehoboth Beach. Under the hot summer sun, vacationers stroll the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, chewing saltwater taffy and listening to the gulls' raucous cackle. Few realize that under the sparkling water rests a graveyard. Horrific nor'easters, treacherous shoals and simple human error caused the demise of countless ships, giving birth to legends of treasure and terror. There is De Braak, rumored to hold millions of dollars in gold; the Mohawk, which burned like a torch in the Delaware Bay; and the vessels that fell victim to the Great White Hurricane, which froze dead men to the mast. Journey with local author Pam George as she deftly picks her way through the history of Delaware's most intriguing and mysterious shipwrecks.
Download or read book Shipwreck written by Dave Horner and published by Sheridan House. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a 17th century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of two immense galleons that were lost (along with hundreds of passengers and millions of pesos in treasure) to disasters at sea. Shipwreck is an extraordinary literary adventure which interweaves accounts of the many attempts throughout the past three centuries to recover the sunken treasure, including the recent discovery and salvage of one of the galleons by Dave Horner himself. Shipwreck is an outstanding history of true adventure on the high seas, past and present, which is wonderfully enhanced for the reader with 50 photographic illustrations, six maps, four line drawings, seven appendices, as well as bibliographies of archival sources, institutions, original documents or primary works, and a general listing of thematically appropriate titles for further suggested readings.
Download or read book Shipwreck written by Dave Horner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the exceptional and fascinating eyewitness account of a seventeenth-century Spanish padre, Dave Horner's Shipwreck is the absorbing and true story of two immense galleons that were lost (along with hundreds of passengers and millions of pesos in treasure) to disasters at sea. Shipwreck is an extraordinary literary adventure which interweaves accounts of the many attempts throughout the past three centuries to recover the sunken treasure, including the recent discovery and salvage of one of the galleons by Dave Horner himself. Shipwreck is an outstanding history of true adventure on the high seas, past and present, which is wonderfully enhanced for the reader with 50 photographic illustrations, six maps, four line drawings, seven appendices, as well as bibliographies of archival sources, institutions, original documents or primary works, and a general listing of thematically appropriate titles for further suggested readings.
Book Synopsis Explorer's Guide Virginia Beach, Richmond and Tidewater Virginia by : Renee Wright
Download or read book Explorer's Guide Virginia Beach, Richmond and Tidewater Virginia written by Renee Wright and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2010-10-04 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighted by photographs and useful maps, these readable travel guides offer insider information from local authors about diverse regions of America for weekend travelers and explorers alike, featuring helpful tips on dining accommodations and lodgings, transportation, shopping, recreational activities, landmarks, cultural opportunities and more.
Book Synopsis Florida's Shipwrecks by : Michael Barnette
Download or read book Florida's Shipwrecks written by Michael Barnette and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunshine State has a rich maritime history spanning more than five centuries. Tragically, part of that history includes thousands of ships that have met their fates in Florida waters. Potentially more than 5,000 shipwrecks reside off Florida's 1,200 miles of coastline, with hundreds more lost in the state's interior rivers. In and of itself, the Florida Keys archipelago, consisting of approximately 1,700 islands stretching 200 miles, is littered with the remains of close to 1,000 shipwrecks. In fact, many features of the Florida Keys were named after various shipwreck events, such as Fowey Rocks, which earned its name after the 1748 wrecking of the British warship HMS Fowey, and Alligator Reef, where the schooner USS Alligator met her demise in 1822. Florida's Shipwrecks utilizes captivating images to illustrate dramatic stories of danger and peril at sea, introducing readers to a fascinating cross-section of Florida's shipwreck history.
