Posted by Scott Andrews on June 30, 1999 at 14:34:47 in 192.11.221.98:
In Reply to: Re: Just Curious about Nameplates posted by Bob Read on June 30, 1999 at 10:57:21:
: Todd:
: I think there might be a photo in Ballard's book but it doesn't show much. The National Geographic
: video shows more.
: Regards,
: Bob Read
: : I've never seen them published in a book.
Ballard looked for the name at port of registry, but found nothing. The French expedition that came after him had a rotating brush fitted to one of Nautile's arms, and managed to scrub clean enough of the rustcicles on one of the bow areas to be able to read several letters of the inscribed name.
Regards,
Scott