A letter from deep-sea diver Joel Silverstein on finding the Andrea Doria bell

Hello Pierette, Thank you for your warm note [of congratulations].  When I first started diving shipwrecks in 1988 on Long Island the Andrea Doria was always the “big dive.” Long before technical diving, and rebreathers were being employed, the “Doria … Continue reading

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Historic Andrea Doria Bell Recovered by New Jersey Shipwreck Divers

 On Monday,> June 28,two lucky New Jersey divers discovered the historic Andrea Doria bell while exploring the “Grande Dame of the Sea.”  Ernest Rookey, of Jackson, and Carl Bayer, of Hillsborough, were part of an expedition team diving on the … Continue reading

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