Deep Sea Detectives

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Titanic: High Tech at Low Depth
Episode overview
A history of the Titanic, which sank in 1912, includes footage of salvage dives.
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Shipwrecks: California
Episode overview
An exploration of shipwrecks off the coast of California includes an examination of the conflict between preservationists and those who seek to profit from the wrecks.
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Shipwrecks: Cape Cod
Episode overview
Shipwrecks off the coast of Cape Cod are explored, including the Sparrow Hawk, which sank in 1626.
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Shipwrecks: Florida
Episode overview
Shipwrecks off the coast of Florida are explored, including a 16th-century Spanish galleon and a U.S. Navy schooner.
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Raise the Monitor!
Episode overview
A chronicle of efforts to recover vital pieces of the USS Monitor, a historic Civil War vessel that sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Included: an examination of the Monitor's role in naval history.
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USS Indianapolis Resurfaced
Episode overview
The sinking of a US warship, the USS Indianapolis, is recounted. Chronicled are court-martial and eventual exoneration of its commander, Capt. Charles B. McVay III.
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The Scharnhorst Mystery
Episode overview
The sinking of a Nazi warship, the Scharnhorst, by the British Navy off the coast of Norway is recalled. Also: exploration of the wreckage.
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Silent Service: The Captains of WWII
Episode overview
U.S. sub commanders are profiled. Included: Cdr. Dudley Morton and Cdr. Richard O'Kane.
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Silent Service: The Torpedoes of WWII
Episode overview
Faults in torpedo technology are corrected following the attack of Pearl Harbor.
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The Death of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Episode overview
The 1975 sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior is recalled.
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The Ghost Ship of New England
Episode overview
Wreckage of the SS Portland, which went down in 1898 off the coast of Boston, is explored. Included: interviews with the victims' descendants.
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The Hunt for the Derbyshire
Episode overview
The wreckage of the British freighter Derbyshire, which sank in 1980 off the coast of Japan, is explored.
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Death on the Baltic
Episode overview
Investigating the wreck of the ferryboat Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994.
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Skeleton in the Sand: The Montana
Episode overview
Exploring the steamboat Montana, which sank on the Missouri River in 1884.
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Death on Lake Huron
Episode overview
Exploring the wreckage of the Regina, which sank on Lake Huron in 1913.
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Slave Ship Uncovered!
Episode overview
The slave ship Henrietta Marie, which sank in 1700 off the coast of Florida, is explored.
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Lost Treasure Ship Found!
Episode overview
The Vrouw Maria, which sank in 1771 off the coast of Finland, is explored.
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The Rohna Disaster: WWII's Secret Tragedy
Episode overview
Exploring the HMT Rohna, a British troopship sunk in 1943 off the coast of Africa by a German bomber.
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The Mysteries of Devil's Triangles
Episode overview
Included: Bermuda Triangle and the Great Lakes Triangle.
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Gold Rush Disaster: The Frolic
Episode overview
Wreckage of the Frolic, a clipper which sank off the coast of northern California in 1850 is explored.
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Treasure Hunt: Search for the Atocha
Episode overview
Search for a Spanish galleon, the Atocha, off the Florida Keys.
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B-29
Episode overview
The wreckage of a B-29 Superfortress bomber that crashed in Lake Mead in Nevada in 1948 is explored.
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Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor
Episode overview
The wreckage of a Japanese mini-sub, destroyed at Pearl Harbor a little more than an hour before the December 7, 1941, attack, is explored. The two-man sub, destroyed by the USS Ward, was discovered in August 2002.
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Andrea Doria: Tragedy at Sea
Episode overview
Exploring the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, the Italian luxury liner that sank near Nantucket Island in 1956 when it collided with the Swedish-American liner, Stockholm.
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S-5: Doomed Sub
Episode overview
The wreckage of the Navy submarine S-5, which sank in 1920 off the coast of Cape May, N.J., is explored.
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U-352: False Pride
Episode overview
Wreckage of the German U-boat U-352, which sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1942, is explored.