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Season 1

  • S01E01 Titanic: High Tech at Low Depth

    • April 1, 2003
    • History

    A history of the Titanic, which sank in 1912, includes footage of salvage dives.

  • S01E02 Shipwrecks: California

    • April 8, 2003
    • History

    An exploration of shipwrecks off the coast of California includes an examination of the conflict between preservationists and those who seek to profit from the wrecks.

  • S01E03 Shipwrecks: Cape Cod

    • April 15, 2003
    • History

    Shipwrecks off the coast of Cape Cod are explored, including the Sparrow Hawk, which sank in 1626.

  • S01E04 Shipwrecks: Florida

    • April 22, 2003
    • History

    Shipwrecks off the coast of Florida are explored, including a 16th-century Spanish galleon and a U.S. Navy schooner.

  • S01E05 Raise the Monitor!

    • April 29, 2003
    • History

    A chronicle of efforts to recover vital pieces of the USS Monitor, a historic Civil War vessel that sank off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Included: an examination of the Monitor's role in naval history.

  • S01E06 USS Indianapolis Resurfaced

    • May 6, 2003
    • History

    The sinking of a US warship, the USS Indianapolis, is recounted. Chronicled are court-martial and eventual exoneration of its commander, Capt. Charles B. McVay III.

  • S01E07 The Scharnhorst Mystery

    • May 13, 2003
    • History

    The sinking of a Nazi warship, the Scharnhorst, by the British Navy off the coast of Norway is recalled. Also: exploration of the wreckage.

  • S01E08 Silent Service: The Captains of WWII

    • May 20, 2003
    • History

    U.S. sub commanders are profiled. Included: Cdr. Dudley Morton and Cdr. Richard O'Kane.

  • S01E09 Silent Service: The Torpedoes of WWII

    • May 27, 2003
    • History

    Faults in torpedo technology are corrected following the attack of Pearl Harbor.

  • S01E10 The Death of the Edmund Fitzgerald

    • June 3, 2003
    • History

    The 1975 sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior is recalled.

  • S01E11 The Ghost Ship of New England

    • June 10, 2003
    • History

    Wreckage of the SS Portland, which went down in 1898 off the coast of Boston, is explored. Included: interviews with the victims' descendants.

  • S01E12 The Hunt for the Derbyshire

    • June 17, 2003
    • History

    The wreckage of the British freighter Derbyshire, which sank in 1980 off the coast of Japan, is explored.

  • S01E13 Death on the Baltic

    • June 24, 2003
    • History

    Investigating the wreck of the ferryboat Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994.

  • S01E14 Skeleton in the Sand: The Montana

    • July 1, 2003
    • History

    Exploring the steamboat Montana, which sank on the Missouri River in 1884.

  • S01E15 Death on Lake Huron

    • July 8, 2003
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the Regina, which sank on Lake Huron in 1913.

  • S01E16 Slave Ship Uncovered!

    • July 15, 2003
    • History

    The slave ship Henrietta Marie, which sank in 1700 off the coast of Florida, is explored.

  • S01E17 Lost Treasure Ship Found!

    • July 22, 2003
    • History

    The Vrouw Maria, which sank in 1771 off the coast of Finland, is explored.

  • S01E18 The Rohna Disaster: WWII's Secret Tragedy

    • July 29, 2003
    • History

    Exploring the HMT Rohna, a British troopship sunk in 1943 off the coast of Africa by a German bomber.

  • S01E19 The Mysteries of Devil's Triangles

    • August 5, 2003
    • History

    Included: Bermuda Triangle and the Great Lakes Triangle.

  • S01E20 Gold Rush Disaster: The Frolic

    • August 12, 2003
    • History

    Wreckage of the Frolic, a clipper which sank off the coast of northern California in 1850 is explored.

  • S01E21 Treasure Hunt: Search for the Atocha

    • August 19, 2003
    • History

    Search for a Spanish galleon, the Atocha, off the Florida Keys.

  • S01E22 B-29

    • August 26, 2003
    • History

    The wreckage of a B-29 Superfortress bomber that crashed in Lake Mead in Nevada in 1948 is explored.

  • S01E23 Japanese Sub at Pearl Harbor

    • September 2, 2003
    • History

    The wreckage of a Japanese mini-sub, destroyed at Pearl Harbor a little more than an hour before the December 7, 1941, attack, is explored. The two-man sub, destroyed by the USS Ward, was discovered in August 2002.

  • S01E24 Andrea Doria: Tragedy at Sea

    • September 9, 2003
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the Andrea Doria, the Italian luxury liner that sank near Nantucket Island in 1956 when it collided with the Swedish-American liner, Stockholm.

  • S01E25 S-5: Doomed Sub

    • September 16, 2003
    • History

    The wreckage of the Navy submarine S-5, which sank in 1920 off the coast of Cape May, N.J., is explored.

  • S01E26 U-352: False Pride

    • September 23, 2003
    • History

    Wreckage of the German U-boat U-352, which sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1942, is explored.

Season 2

  • S02E01 U-Boats in the Gulf!

    • April 12, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the German U-boat U-166, in the Gulf of Mexico, where the vessel sank in 1942 and was discovered in 2001.

  • S02E02 Sinking on the St. Lawrence

    • April 20, 2004
    • History

    The wreckage of the Empress of Ireland, which sank in 1914 in the St. Lawrence River, is explored.

  • S02E03 Death by Human Torpedo

    • April 27, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the USS Mississinewa, which was sunk near the Caroline Islands in 1944 by a Japanese torpedo manually guided on a suicide mission.

  • S02E04 Graveyard of Ships

    • May 4, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of ships that sunk near the Island of Guam during two different wars. Included: the German vessel SMS Cormoran, which sank in 1917.

  • S02E05 Death in the Pacific

    • May 11, 2004
    • History

    Examining the recovery of the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru, which sank in 2001 off the coast of Hawaii after it collided with a U.S. Navy submarine, the USS Greenville.

  • S02E06 Destroyer Down!

    • May 18, 2004
    • History

    The bow of the USS Murphy, which lies off the coast of New Jersey after sinking in 1943, is explored.

  • S02E07 Lost Tanks of D-Day

    • June 1, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of Duplex Drive Tanks that sank off the coast of Normandy during the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.

  • S02E08 Explosion at Sea

    • July 5, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the Queen of Nassau, which sank in 1926 when it exploded while traveling from Miami to Tampa.

  • S02E09 Secret Underwater Caves

    • July 19, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the Cueva Quebrada underwater cave system near the island of Cozumel, Mexico, to examine Mayan artifacts and a burial mound.

  • S02E10 D-Day Minesweeper

    • July 26, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the World War II minesweeper YMS-304, which was sunk off the coast of Normandy a month after the D-Day invasion.

  • S02E11 Time Bomb of the Deep

    • August 30, 2004
    • History

    The wreckage of SS Jacob Luckenbach, an oil tanker that sank off the coast of California in 1953, is explored. In 2002, oil spills along the California coast were traced to the Luckenbach.

  • S02E12 Underwater Train Wreck

    • September 20, 2004
    • History

    Exploring two locomotives discovered upright and intact on the ocean floor off New Jersey.

  • S02E13 Death in the Mediterranean

    • September 27, 2004
    • History

    This episode explores a ferryboat that sank off the coast of Sicily in 1996.

  • S02E14 The Confederacy's Secret Weapon

    • October 4, 2004
    • History

    It was the first submarine ever to sink an enemy ship, but after only one successful mission the H.L. Hunley vanished with its crew and lay hidden for more than a century. The circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Confederacy’s secret weapon have remained an enduring mystery since the Civil War era, but now NGC has uncovered what may have brought it down.

  • S02E15 Pearl Harbor's Revenge

    • October 11, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the Japanese submarine “Shinohara,” which flooded in 1944 and remains at the bottom of Truk Lagoon in Micronesia.

  • S02E16 Mystery Sinking in Bermuda

    • October 18, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the North Carolina, which sank in 1879 off the coast of Bermuda while heading to England.

  • S02E17 Mystery U-boat of World War I

    • October 25, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the World War I U-boat UB-107 off the English coast.

  • S02E18 Tugboat Down!

    • November 8, 2004
    • History

    Wreckage of the Thomas Hebert, a tugboat that sank off the coast of Virginia in 1993, is explored.

  • S02E19 Cruiser Under Siege

    • November 15, 2004
    • History

    Wreckage of the USS San Diego, which sank in 1918 off the coast of Fire Island, N.Y., is explored.

  • S02E20 Ship of Doom

    • November 22, 2004
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the SS Marine Electric, which sank in 1983 off the coast of New Jersey.

  • S02E21 Sinking by Sabotage

    • November 29, 2004
    • History

    The wreckage of the Vamar, which sank mysteriously in 1942 off Mexico Beach, is explored.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Loch Ness: Great Monster Mystery

    • April 25, 2005
    • History

    The legendary Loch Ness monster is the subject. Included: a dive into the Scottish lake.

  • S03E02 Forgotten Sub of WWII

    • May 2, 2005
    • History

    Off the coast of New Hampshire on June 20, 1941, the U.S. submarine 0-9 gently slipped beneath the waves - and vanished without a trace. The 0-9, and her entire crew of 33, were never seen or heard from again. Years of exhaustive investigations offered few answers ... until now.

  • S03E03 D-Day Destroyer

    • May 9, 2005
    • History

    Wreckage of the USS Meredith, sunk off the coast of Normandy in 1944, is explored.

  • S03E04 Winter of Disaster

    • May 16, 2005
    • History

    Examining mysteries surrounding the sinkings of three boats off the Eastern seaboard in 1999: the Beth Dee Bob, Cape Fear and Adriatic.

  • S03E05 Mysterious Loss of the German Fleet

    • May 23, 2005
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of more than 50 German ships sunk on June 21, 1919, in England's Scapa Flow.

  • S03E06 D-Day Troops: Lost at Sea

    • June 6, 2005
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the USS Susan B. Anthony, which was sunk on June 7, 1944, off the coast of Normandy when it struck a German mine.

  • S03E07 Another Atlantis?

    • June 13, 2004
    • History

    A visit to the Nan Madol site of Pohnpei in Micronesia to explore the underwater surfaces of structures built by prehistoric Micronesians. Included: a look at mysteries regarding supposed secret tunnels and hidden treasures. Hosts: John Chatterton and Richie Kohler.

  • S03E08 More Secret Underwater Caves

    • June 20, 2004
    • History

    Exploring underwater caves in the islands of the Greater Antilles once inhabited by the Taíno people.

  • S03E09 U-Boat Mystery

    • June 27, 2005
    • History

    Wreckage of a U-boat sunk in the Moray Firth, Scotland, in 1945, is explored. The vessel has been unidentified for years, and the divers hope to solve the mystery.

  • S03E10 Secret Allied Trap

    • July 4, 2005
    • History

    The wreckage of the Rhein, a German freighter scuttled in 1941 by her own crew off the coast of Florida, is explored.

  • S03E11 Sub War

    • July 11, 2005
    • History

    Germany's Type 21 U-boats threaten to change the course of World War II and the Cold War.

  • S03E12 USS Perry

    • July 18, 2005
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the USS Perry, which sank in 1944 in the Palau Archipelago after hitting an underwater mine. The Perry was attempting to clear mines for an Allied invasion of the Japanese-held Palau Islands.

  • S03E13 Damn the Torpedoes

    • July 30, 2005
    • History

    Probing why the Tecumseh, a single-turret Civil War monitor, sank during a Union attack on Mobile Bay in 1864.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Pharaoh's Lost Treasure

    • February 27, 2006
    • History

    An expedition in search of stone ruins from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which fell after an earthquake in the 14th century.

  • S04E02 Train Wreck in Lake Michigan

    • March 6, 2006
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the car ferry SS Milwaukee, which sank on Oct. 22, 1929, in Lake Michigan during a heavy storm.

  • S04E03 Mystery of the Channel Collision

    • March 13, 2006
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the Duke of Buccleuch, an iron steamer that sank in the English Channel in 1889 when it collided with the wooden ship Vandalia.

  • S04E04 Blackbeard's Mystery Ship

    • March 20, 2006
    • History

    Exploration of wreckage presumed to be Blackbeard's ship, “Queen Anne's Revenge,” in Beaufort Inlet in North Carolina.

  • S04E05 Great Lakes Ghost Ship

    • March 27, 2006
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of the schooner Cornelia B. Windiate, which sank in Lake Huron in 1875.

  • S04E06 Disaster of Napoleon's Fleet

    • April 3, 2006
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of Napoleon's flagship L'Orient, which sank in Aboukir Bay, Egypt, in 1798, during the Battle of the Nile. Also: mysteries surrounding gold and silver that the ship was carrying.

  • S04E07 Caught in a Killer Storm

    • April 17, 2006
    • History

    Exploring the wreckage of Coast Guard cutters Bedloe and Jackson, which sank in a storm in 1944 off the coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks.

  • S04E08 Captain's Last Stand

    • April 24, 2006
    • History

    Exploring wreckage of the SS Flying Enterprise, which sank during a storm on the Atlantic in 1951 while sailing from Germany to America.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Titanic's Final Moments: Missing Pieces

    • January 8, 2011
    • History

    The hosts of Deep Sea Detectives discover new evidence about the fate of the fabled liner. •An important new investigation of the Titanic's loss. •Hosted by John Chatterton and Richie Kohler of Deep Sea Detectives. •Diving outside the wreck zone, John and Richie discover important new pieces of evidence. In August 2005, John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, hosts of DEEP SEA DETECTIVES, led an expedition to the wreck of RMS Titanic. Diving 2 miles down in Russian submersibles, they searched outside the known debris field for new evidence. On their final dive they made an extraordinary find: two large, intact sections of the Titanic's bottom hull in pristine condition with the red bottom paint still on them. For four months, a team of historians, marine architects, and engineers has been conducting a forensic analysis of this find. All agree that it's the most significant new discovery since the wreck was located in 1985. Analysis is ongoing, but preliminary indications are that these bottom sections will change our understanding of how the ship broke apart, and rewrite the story of the Titanic's final moments.