Miscellaneous
Dylan and Mike talk about the search for the Titanic! It all starts with a man named Robert Ballard, an Army LT who ended up transferring to the Navy. Ballard was fond of the ocean, its history, human impact on the ocean, and ship wrecks. He had went to the Navy and asked for permission to search for the Titanic, but was denied... until they finally said yes. Of course they had secret reasons for agreeing to the search party. You see, the US Navy had lost nuclear submarines, two of them; the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpion. Losing these submarines could have had adverse effects on the ocean and any other country could get there hands on them.Thus, Robert Ballard was tasked with finding these submarines. If he was able to find them, he could search for the Titanic. The mission was to be top secret, and they could only claim they were searching for the Titanic. Also covered in this episode is the story of JFK and his PT boat. Dylan and Mike briefly talk about what happened to JFK in WWII, and how he became shipwrecked as well. We also find that Robert Ballard managed to recover parts of that very same PT boat.