Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doria

[mikecotrone]

I finished reading this book over the weekend and I thought it was a pretty good book. It wasn't anything new topic content wise since "Deep Descent" covered the overviews of the divers that perished on the Doria off of the Seeker / RV Wahoo. However Fatal Depth was different and a very good read. The author went into a very detailed account of the divers events by way of very detailed interviews.

If you liked Deep Descent you will like this book.

Amazon.com: Fatal Depth: Deep Sea Diving, China Fever, and the Wreck of the Andrea Doria (9781585744572): Joe Haberstroh: Books

 

[Avonthediver]

Have you read any of the Gary Gentile books on the Doria? I enjoyed "Andrea Doria: Dive to an Era".
It would be nice if some of the other diver's would print their own story's.

But Fatal Depth is a good read and one of my all time favorite books.

 

[mikecotrone]

Have you read any of the Gary Gentile books on the Doria? I enjoyed "Andrea Doria: Dive to an Era".
It would be nice if some of the other diver's would print their own story's.

But Fatal Depth is a good read and one of my all time favorite books.

I tried to read Gary's book about the Monitor which I was very interested in, however the flow of the book was hard for me to keep my interest.

However do you have the title/ISBN number for the one about the Doria? I am certainly more interested in Doria stuff.

Thanks!!!

 

[shoredivr]

Unfortunately Haberstroh makes a non-diver error on pg 188.

"Chris that day also carried a reel of light-weight, stainless-steel cable. It was a safety line, used by divers to help guide themselves back out of wrecks."

Cave divers are credited with developing the safety reel. The line on a reel is braided nylon. Nobody dives with stainless steel safety reels. How could you cut your way out of entanglement either in a cave or a wreck?