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Riggers That Dive | 
 enlarge | Author: Ed Goodrich
Publisher: Best Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2791849
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 104
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1930536062
EAN: 9781930536067
ASIN: 1930536062
Publication Date: February 1, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
"The Riggers were the noisiest, rowdiest bunch of cahoots in the shipyard." So begins the colorful story of Ed Goodrichs experiences in commercial diving and rigging before diving regulations and treatment tables were written. Rigger-divers earned their money the hard way; ship hull cleaning, repair and maintenance of sea chests, replacing props on huge ships, underwater welding and Oxy-Arc cutting, pier inspections and getting out of dangerous situations while diving in zero visibility. The stories along with some old photos and illustrations make this book an exciting read.
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 Let the truth be told!! October 28, 2003
The Riggers at Long Beach Naval Shipyard were the best!! The Divers there did take chances like the ones in the book. I remember when I worked there, we lost a young kid in the diving gang; a new diver at that. When the Navy wanted something done, the yard did whatever it took to get it done and get it done when the Navy wanted it done. I loved LBNS, it was good to me. I made a good living; but between the diving techniques, the asbestos, fiberglass, welding smoke, deadly fumes and other harmful elements, getting the job done was the only thing that mattered to the Navy.
 TRUE TO LIFE AS A DIVER June 4, 2003
I had read Riggers that Dive a few months ago, and found it very interesting what these men endured as rigger divers for the shipyard. This book seemed to tell real stories, not (candy coated) of what they went through. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in diving, or who works or ever had worked in the shipyards.
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