John Joseph Mattera (born 1962) is a writer and American

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explorer and the subject of the book '' Pirate Hunters'' by

Robert Kurson Robert A. Kurson (born April 18, 1963) is an American author, best known for his 2004 bestselling book, '' Shadow Divers'', the true story of two Americans who discover a World War II German U-boat sunk 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Care ...

. ''Pirate Hunters'' is the story of two US

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John Chatterton John Chatterton (born 1951) is an American wreck diver. Together with Richie Kohler, he was one of the co-hosts for the History Channel’s ''Deep Sea Detectives'', for 57 episodes of the series. He is also a consultant to the film and televis ...

and John Mattera, finding the lost pirate ship ''Golden Fleece'' of Captain Joseph Bannister in the waters off the

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in 2008. Mattera first became a certified diver in 1976, exploring the North Atlantic, he was an early pioneer of the shipwrecks in the waters around

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and

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, performing penetration and decompression dives long before technical diving had a name. From the late 1970s on exploring some of the most famous shipwrecks of the northeast, with over sixty dives on the SS ''Andrea Doria''. Mattera is a former police officer/administrator and has spent over two decades as a security consultant to a client list of the who's who of the rich and famous, becoming one of the highest paid executive protection specialist in the industry and working in over forty countries. Mattera performed primary security duty on three US and foreign Presidential campaigns. Mattera is also one of the most accredited firearms and tactics instructors in the field. Specializing in training for high level executive and dignitary protection. Mattera has written for '' Wreck Diver Magazine'', '' African Hunting Gazette'', ''

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'', and other adventure publications. "Serious Social Shotguns", John Mattera 1996 Zediker publishing

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattera, John Living people American male writers American underwater divers 1962 births