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Here you'll find a wide range of articles related to NUMA. This page is frequently updated so check back often!


Clive Cussler: “If It Ain’t Fun, It Ain’t Worth Doing”

by Di Freeze

This article originally appeared in April 2005 within periodicals distributed by Airport Journals. Reprinted by permission of Di Freeze.

Review of Trojan Odyssey
by Mary Connealy

This article originally appeared in the Lyons Mirror-Sun newspaper. Reprinted by permission of Mary Connealy.

The Adventure Continues
by Betty Webb

This article originally appeared in the Scottsdale Tribune newspaper on November 24, 2003. Reprinted by permission of Betty Webb.

Interview with Dr. Clive Cussler
by Marc Levesque

Marc Levesque from Time2watch has reviewed some of the finest wristwatches in the world. Now he interviews Clive Cussler and gets the complete story and inspiration behind the DOXA dive watch.

Stranger Than Fiction
by Tomas Kellner

Adventure writer Clive Cussler has become the literary equivalent of a theme park. From a Forbes article.

The Hunley Resurfaces
by J. A. Hitchcock

The USS Housatonic rests at anchor, her bow facing west by northwest toward Fort Sumter. Those on deck keep watch for a newfangled contraption that could travel underwater. The night is clear and moonlit, the seas calm. Suddenly, at 2045, Officer of the Deck John Crosby spots an anomaly in the water, "what looked to be a porpoise coming to the surface to blow."

H. L. Hunley in Historical Context
by Rich Wills

Americans were involved in the first use of a submersible vessel in combat against an enemy warship (David Bushnell's Turtle), the development of the first practical navigable submersible vessel (Robert Fulton's Nautilus), and the first successful use of a submersible to destroy an enemy naval vessel under combat conditions (James McClintock's H.L. Hunley).

Search for the Hunley
by Bob Browing and Wilson West

NUMA returned to Charleston in 1981 with a main crew of ten people, several part-time volunteers and high hopes of finding the Hunley. A paper presented to the thirteenth Conference on Underwater Archaeology.

United States Navy Website Credits Clive Cussler
by the Naval Historical Center

United States Navy Website credits Clive Cussler with locating the H. L. Hunley, first submarine to sink a ship in battle.

The Search for the General Slocum
by Ralph L. Wilbanks

In September, 1994 Wes Hall of Mid Atlantic Technology and Ralph Wilbanks of Diversified Wilbanks, Inc. spent two days off Corson's Inlet at the request of Clive Cussler and NUMA in an attempt to locate the wreck of the General Slocum.

Author Interview from Mothership
by J. A. Hitchcock

With over 16 novels to his credit, Clive Cussler should be as popular as Tom Clancy and John Grisham... but he's not. So read our exclusive EON interview with the author who should be more famous.

The Texas Naval Ship Zavala
by Clive Cussler

The Republic of Texas Navy Ship, the Zavala, began life in 1836 as the Charleston. In 1838, the Republic of Texas was desperate for ships to replace it's fleet.

Postscript from The Sea Hunters
by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo

The Postscript from THE SEA HUNTERS by Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo reveals some especially captivating experiences from Clive's world of undersea adventure.

Reader's Room Interview
by Katherine Sutcliffe

Interview as part of monthly feature presenting conversations with Best Selling authors working within mystery, thriller, and suspense sub-genres, presented in a one-on-one, informal atmosphere.

Report of John Paul Jones
by John Paul Jones

Letter from John Paul Jones regarding the cruise of BONHOMME RICHARD and subsequent capture of H.B.M. SERAPIS and COUNTESS OF SCARBOROUGH.


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