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Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988. [4] He is also the author of a book about the discovery, America's Lost Treasure, published in 1998, [5] and is a main character in the best-selling 1998 non-fiction book Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea by Gary Kinder.
SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) ... Thompson, Tommy. (2000). America's Lost Treasure. Atlantic Monthly Press.
Tommy Thompson (parks commissioner) (1913–1985), Toronto's first Commissioner of Parks; Tommy Thompson, birth name Willoughby Harry Thompson (1919–2018), British colonial administrator; Tommy Gregory Thompson (born 1952), known for his leading role in the rediscovery of SS Central America
A messy legal battle and some 25 years later, crews are finally recovering millions of dollars worth of gold off the coast of South Carolina. WCSC reports that "These five gold bars totaling 1,000 ...
Tommy Gregory Thompson (b. 1952, American, currently held in jail). Known to lead the Columbus-America Discovery Group of Ohio at finding the wreck of the SS Central America and recovery of several tons of gold from it, jailed for default investors/creditors by US Marshalls. [17] H. Charles Beil (b. 1959, American). Known for finding multiple ...
13 Thomas Gregory Thompson, and girlfriend/lover Alison ... Exhaustive research was done by Normand Klare whose grandmother was a survivor of the SS Central America.
The SS United States, the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in America and still the holder of the transatlantic round-trip speed record, has been laid up in Philadelphia since 1996.
The Herndon Monument on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy is a 21-foot-tall (6.4 m) grey granite obelisk.It was erected in memory of Captain William Lewis Herndon, who died during the sinking of his ship, SS Central America, on September 12, 1857 while helping to evacuate passengers and crew.