Rediscovering the USS Alligator by Daniel J. Basta is a captivating exploration of history, technology, and human determination. The book chronicles the search for the USS Alligator, the U.S. Navy's first submarine, which was lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras in 1863. Basta masterfully...

Daniel J. Basta’s Searching for Ghosts in the South Pacific is a breathtaking chronicle of exploration, friendship, and history, told through the author’s experiences diving among World War II shipwrecks scattered across the Pacific. Between 1991 and 1999, Basta and his close companions embarked on...