About the Author

William Still, Jr. is professor emeriti in the Thomas Hariot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University. He was associated with the Maritime History and Underwater Archaeology Program at ECU from its inception until his retirement. Still is the author of Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads (1985) and Crisis at Sea: The United States Navy in European Waters in World War I (2006).

Richard Stephenson is professor emeriti in the Thomas Hariot College of Arts and Sciences at East Carolina University. He was associated with the Maritime History and Underwater Archaeology Program at ECU from its inception until his retirement. Stephenson is the author of numerous archaeology and maritime history articles in professional journals and monographs.