David W. Jourdan

This is something of a grab-bag collection that I'm not sure is greater than the sum of the parts. While the author is a notable leader in the field of marine archaeology, I also possibly learned more about Jourdan than I really wanted to know, and the promotion of his commercial efforts. The real point of this story is how the documentary residue of the participation of the USS "Nautilus" in the battle of Midway contributed to the discovery of the final resting place of the Japanese carrier "Kaga." Still, the parallel stories are not badly told, and Jourdan's previous service as a submarine officer in the United States Navy does give the reconstructed conversations on the "Nautilus" a bit of verisimilitude.… (más)