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Robert D. Ballard

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June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas

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Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas) is a former commander in the United States Navy and an oceanographer who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology. He is most famous for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the wreck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. Most recently he discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2003 and visited the Solomon Islander natives who saved its crew. Ballard is also great-grandson of American Old West lawman Bat Masterson.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 1,104 ratings · 117 reviews · 47 distinct works

	The Discovery of the Titanic 4.16 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 1987 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Exploring the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard, Patrick Crean (Editor), Ken Marschall (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Finding the Titanic by Robert D. Ballard, Ken Marschall (Illustrator), Nan Froman 3.93 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Return to Titanic by Robert D. Ballard, Michael Sweeney 4.11 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Lost Liners: From the Titanic to the Andrea Doria, the Ocean Floor Reveals Its Greatest Lost Ships by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold 4.25 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Titanic: The Last Great Images by Robert D. Ballard, Ian Coutts (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Exploring the Lusitania: Probing the Mysteries of the Sinking That Changed History by Robert D. Ballard, Spencer Dunmore 4.16 avg rating — 43 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Discovery of the Bismarck by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold 4.12 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Ghost Liners: Exploring the World's Greatest Lost Ships by Robert D. Ballard, Rick Archbold 3.90 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration by Robert D. Ballard, Will Hively 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“From "The Book That Changed My Life":

-"But your journey is never over until you return from it to share with society what you have learned." ~ Robert Ballard

-"We never anticipate being changed by what we read. Such an experience cannot be planned for." ~ Brother Christopher

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― Robert D. Ballard

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