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Fish, John Perry was born on January 13, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Story and Sylvia Colby (Draper) Fish.
(Unfinished Voyages draws together the intricate strands t...)
Unfinished Voyages draws together the intricate strands that make up the history of shipwrecks in the continental shelf waters of the northeastern United States. Illustrated with photographs of shipwrecks from New York to northern Maine, the book describes some of the most noteworthy shipwrecks to occur on these shores over a 350 year period. Included in the book are the early shipwrecks of Captain Adrian Block s Tiger in New York, the HMS Astrea in New Hampshire and the many warships sunk in the Penobscot disaster during the American Revolutionary. The book further details the tragedies occurring in Gloucester, Boston and Cape Cod during the triple hurricanes of 1839 when maritime fleets of the northeast were devastated in a series of December storms. It was these storms that moved Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to pen his famous poem The Wreck of The Hesperus. The author also describes the activities leading to the formation of the Life Saving Services and how, often against terrific odds, their job was accomplished. The lifesavers work on the Long Island wreck of the Circassion form, the background for the story of this famous shipwreck. The book gives us a fresh look at some of the more interesting maritime activities along these shores with descriptions of the loss of the world s largest wooden sailing cargo carrier Wyoming and how she sailed her last days. Also described is the last voyage of the mysterious Portland and her frail human cargo. The appendices are a valuable reference to the researcher and historian as well as the armchair sailor. A major addition to this work is a list of over 5,000 shipwrecks that have occurred during the period.
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historian oceanographic company executive
Fish, John Perry was born on January 13, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Story and Sylvia Colby (Draper) Fish.
AS, Boston University, 1970; Bachelor in Biology, Windham College, 1972.
Marketing associate, Benthos, Inc., N. Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1975-1981;
operations director, Hydrolab Project/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration-FDU, St Croix, Virgin Islands, 1981-1982;
president, Oceanstar Systems, Inc., Cataumet, Massachusetts, since 1983;
vice president, American Underwater Search and Survey, Ltd., Cataumet, since 1986. Board directors History Maritime Group New England, Cataumet, Draper Brothers Company, Canton, Massachusetts. Archael. consultant Debraak Recovery Project, Lewes, Delaware, 1984.
Ambassador National Association Underwater Instrs., Colton, California, 1983.
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Member Marine Technology Society, Society Colonial Wars, United States Naval Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute M C.
Married Marjorie Ann Moore, May 15, 1982. Children: Madelyn Moore, Colby Draper.