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“As technology developed, we went from these very large, ungainly systems with very flimsy printouts to thermal paper, integrating position. Eventually you had a computer that interfaced with the sonar, and now everything appears on a computer screen.” - Vince Capone

**ABOUT OUR GUEST**
Vince started his underwater career in the mid-1970s as a certified NAUI advanced diver exploring the shipwrecks of New Jersey. He went on to earn degrees in Marine Biology and Marine Science with minors in geology and experimental statistics. An expert in marine technology, Vince has over 35 years of worldwide hydrographic and underwater search and survey operations experience and is the renowned President and Founder of Black Laser Learning. He is an expert in side scan sonar search operations/sonar image analysis and regularly designs and conducts training seminars for the U.S. Navy, law enforcement, fire rescue, fire, rescue, and commercial clients. Capone is a member of the Explorer’s Club and, in 2014, he received Citation of Merit, as operations manager for locating and recovering the Apollo rocket motors from the deep ocean off the Florida coast.

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**RESOURCES**

Black Laser Learning website
https://blacklaserlearning.com/

Discovery of U-215 by diver Richie Kohler
https://www.richiekohler.com/project-files/discovery-of-the-u-215/

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**MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST**

Lake George Radeau - The Land Tortoise - America’s oldest intact warship
http://www.themua.org/exhibit_1758/land.php?content=land1

Lake George Colonial Wars Walking Tour Stop 9: Radeau Warship
https://www.lakegeorge.com/things-to-do/walking-tour/9-radeau-warship/

German submarine U-215 background
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-215

U-215 found by The Sea Hunters (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjkCwtrXvCQ

SS Alexander Macomb (sunk by U-215)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Alexander_Macomb#:~:text=Alexander%20Macomb%20sank%20at%2013,crewmen%20died%20in%20the%20attack.

H.L. Hunley civil war submarine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley

USS Alligator - prototype is Alligator Jr. which Alice Smith has been researching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Alligator_(1862)
https://www.app.com/story/news/history/2024/10/23/alligator-jr-submarine-rancocas-creek-nj-mud/75732050007/

Martin Klein known as the father of side scan sonar
https://nautiluslive.org/people/martin-klein

Klein Marine Systems
https://www.klein.com/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
https://www.whoi.edu/

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**PODCAST CREDITS**
Kathy A. Smith, Host & Founder
Earth Dreams (Victoria Denyx), Producer, Composer & Virtual Artist
https://www.youtube.com/@EarthDreams-art?sub_confirmation=1

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