In October 1988, Tommy Thompson's expedition discovered the SS Central America shipwreck at a depth of approximately 7,500 feet off the Carolinas

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At twelve years old, T.E. Lawrence purchased fragments of pottery and glass unearthed by Oxford construction workers to reconstruct antiquities

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Oceanic engineer Tommy Thompson began developing a deep-sea search initiative for the SS Central America shipwreck in the early 1980s

On October 4, 1989, Tommy Thompson returned to Norfolk, Virginia, carrying recovered gold from the SS Central America shipwreck