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SS Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, was a 280-foot (85 m) sidewheel steamer that operated between Central America and the East Coast of the United States during the 1850s. She was originally named the SS George Law, after George Law of New York.
Tommy Gregory Thompson is an American treasure hunter known for his leading role in the discovery of the wreck of the SS Central America on September 11, 1988.
13 wrz 2014 · Around 1983, Thompson grew obsessed with tracking down the SS Central America. When the ship went down off the South Carolina coast in 1857, 425 people drowned and gold worth millions was...
2 sty 2015 · Wreck of the SS Central America Tommy Thompson revolutionized treasure salvage in 1987 when he and a brilliant team of “high tech nerds” figured out how to retrieve a valuable cargo of gold resting in 8,000 feet of water.
25 sty 2022 · Thompson's case dates to his discovery of the S.S. Central America, known as the Ship of Gold, in 1988. The gold rush-era ship sank in a hurricane off South Carolina in 1857 with thousands...
4 gru 2018 · 1985-86: Shipwreck enthusiast Thomas G. "Tommy" Thompson persuades 161 people and companies, mostly in central Ohio, to invest $12.7 million to find the Central America wreck. The 161 are...
1 gru 2022 · Tommy Thompson, a deep-sea explorer who found the shipwreck in 1988, has been in federal prison for over six years because he refuses to answer questions about the whereabouts of 500 gold...
