''The Sea Hunters: True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks'' is a nonfiction work by adventure novelist

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list m ...

published in the United States in 1996. This work details the author's search for famous shipwrecks with his nonprofit organization NUMA. There is also a television series titled ''The Sea Hunters'' which is based on the book. It airs on the National Geographic Channel and

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In 1978 adventure novelist

funded and participated in an attempt to find John Paul Jones's famous Revolutionary warship, the ''

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''. The expedition was not successful; however, it eventually led to the formation of a nonprofit organization named after the fictional agency in his novels, the

National Underwater and Marine Agency The National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) is a private non-profit organization in the United States founded in 1979. Originally it was a fictional US government organization in the novels of author Clive Cussler. Cussler later created and, ...

, and dedicated to the discovery of famous shipwrecks around the world. In ''The Sea Hunters'', Cussler documents the search for nine famous shipwrecks while also offering dramatized imaginings on the events that led up to the loss of the ship. To date, the group's most successful find is the (disputed) discovery of the final resting place of the Confederate submarine ''

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'', detailed in Part 6. The ''Hunley'' was later raised and is now on public display.

*Part 1: The Steamboat ''Lexington'' *Part 2: The Republic of

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ship ''Zavala'' *Part 3: and CSS ''Florida'' *Part 4: CSS ''Arkansas'' *Part 5: *Part 6: The Confederate Submarine ''H. L. Hunley'' *Part 7: The Lost Locomotive of Kiowa Creek *Part 8: , , and . *Part 9: The Troop Transport *Part 10: A listing of the sixty-four shipwreck sites documented by the National Underwater and Marine Agency Release details *1996, USA, Simon & Schuster 0-684-83027-2, October 7, 1996, Hardcover. *1997, USA, Pocket 0-671-00180-9, August 1, 1997, Paperback.

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- Official Website of Clive Cussler

- NUMA Official Website - National Underwater Marine Agency {{DEFAULTSORT:Sea Hunters 1996 non-fiction books Archaeology of shipwrecks Books by Clive Cussler Books with cover art by Paul Bacon Collaborative non-fiction books

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