MASTERS THESES
 DEFENDED BY STUDENTS IN EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY'S
MARITIME STUDIES PROGRAM
Agranat, Brina 1993

Thorough and Efficient Repair: Rebuilding in the American Sailing Navy

Allan, James

1996

Fort Ross Cove: Historical and Archaeological Research to Identify the Remains of Califomia's First Shipyard

Anichtchenko, Evguenia

2004

Ships of Russian America

Ashley, Ray

1993

Science and British Sea Power in the Age of Sail: The Search for Longitude

Askins, Adrian

2000

Archaeological and Historical Site Investigation of the John’s Island Wreck (EDS0001)

Avery, Paul

1998

The Impact of the 18th Century Navigation Revolution Upon European Pacific Cartography

Baumer, David R.

1991

Fishing Vessels of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Industry

Beard, David V.

1989

HMS Debraak: A Treasure Debunked, A Treasure Revealed

Belcher, Samuel

2002

Dr. William S.W. Ruschenberger and Medical Professionalism in the Early 19th Century American Navy

Bequette, Kathryn E.

1992

An Archaeological Reconnaissance of the Anchorage, Seawalls, and Shipwrecks within Oranje Bay, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles

Beshears, Jemison R.

2000

The Monte Cristi Pipewreck: An Archaeological Assessment of the Hull Remains of a Seventeenth Century Merchant Vessel at Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

Betz, Jacob M.

2004

A Tactical Reactionary: Andrew Furuseth and the 1915 La Follette Seamen’s Act

Blake, Samuel

2006

A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of German Submarine Warfare on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in the World Wars

Blair, William Danford

1999

"One Good Port": the Union Navy and Beaufort Harbor, NC, 1862-1865

Bray, William J., Jr.

1975

The Career of the CSS Rappahanock

Brenckle, Matthew

2004

British and American Sailor Clothing, 1750 to 1815

Brooks, Jonathan

1997

“Put not your trust in princes": Confederate diplomacy with Great Britain

Browning, Robert S.

1980

The Blockade of Wilmington, North Carolina: 1861-1865

Byrd, Darryl

1998

Piracy in the Ancient Mediterranean

Cantelas, Frank J.

1994

An Archaeological Investigation of the Steamboat Maple Leaf

Capeci, Robert L.

1975

Operations of the United States Marine Corps in the Philippines Insurrection 1899-1902

Cartellone, Christopher

2003

Trawlers to the Rescue; The Role of ‘Minor War Vessels’ in Securing the Eastern Sea Frontier, 1942

Casserley, Tane

2004

CGS Canada: A Canadian Warship in the Florida Keys

Cato, Joseph

2003

Undersea Samurai: Imperial Japanese Navy Submarine Doctrine and Operations of the Second World War

Church, Robert A.

2000

Depletion of the Sylvan Sea Seventeenth-Century English Shipbuilding

Clayton, Brian T.

2005

On Board The USS North Carolina (BB-55): Recollections and History of a Battleship During the Second World War

Coble, Wendy

1998

The SS Paraguay: The Historical Importance of an Early Twentieth-Century Freighter

Cole, Patrick

1994

God's Grace: English Maritime Salvage, 1600-1800

Combs, Edwin

1996

On Duty at Wilmington: The Confederate Navy on the Cape Fear River

Coogan, Michael

1996

The War Career of the Union Gunboat Louisiana and the Fall of Fort Fisher

Cooper, David

1987

1986-1987 Archaeological Survey of the Schooner Fleetwing Site

Cooper, Diane

1995

From Small Ways to Big Business: The Growth of the Wooden Ship Construction and Waterborne Industries Along the United States' Pacific Coast, 1875-1900

Cox, J. Lee D., Jr.

1985

The Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers: A Historical and Archaeological Investigation to Analyses the Presence of Submerged Cultural Resources

Cox, James M.

1989

The Pamlico-Tar River and Its Role in the Development of Eastern North Carolina

Dappert, Claire P.

2005

Oaken Whale With A Cast Iron Tail: The Single-Decked Wooden Bulk Carrier Monahansett

Delgado, James P.

1985

Great Leviathan of the Pacific: The Saga of the Gold Rush Steamship Tennessee

Derby, Alena

2000

The US Schooner Alligator and the U.S. Navy’s Campaign to Suppress the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and West Indian Piracy

Dickens, Robert

1998

Portuguese Shore Whalers in Nineteenth Century California

Dressel, Barry L.

1972

The Early Career of Commodore James Biddle

Dudley, Wade

1998

That Splintered Wall: The British Blockade of the United States, 1812-1815

Duncan, Stan

1994

Site Formation Processes: An Environmental History of the Maple Leaf Site, 1864-1993

Elliot, Rita Folse

1988

The Pulse of Petersburg: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of a Submerged Tobacco Town in Georgia

Embrey, James

1999

A Search to Identify: The Seventeenth-Century Shoreline of St. Mary’s City, Maryland

Emory, Scott

1999

The Vinyard Shipbuilding Company: From Wood Shavings to Hot Sparks

Enright, Jeffrey M.

1999

An Archaeological and Historical Survey of a Jeffersonian Gunboat

Eslinger, Kimberly

2005

“And All The Men Knew The Colors Of The Sea…” Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the SS Commodore, Ponce Inlet, Florida

 Faber, Sabrina S.

1996

The Origins of the Minaret: A Study of the Functional and Formal Antecedents of the Islamic Tower

Fleming, Patrick

1998

The Case of the I'm Alone

Fontanez, Richard

2001

Archaeological and Historical Investigation of the Spanish-American War Steamer Antonio Lopez

Fontenoy, Paul

1995

The Conundrum of the American China Trade, 1784-1844

Fonvielle, Chris

1989

To Forge a Thunderbolt: The Wilmington Campaign, February 1865

Foster, Kevin

1991

The Search for Speed Under Steam: The Design of Blockade Running Steamships, 1861-1865

Friday, Joseph

1988

A History of the Wreck of the USS Huron

Frye, Barry E.

1980

Privateers and Letters of Marque in North Carolina During the American Revolution

Goodall, Katherine

2000

The Burroughs Wreck: A Key to Eighteenth Century Ship Construction Techniques and the Life and Death of the Port of Edenton

Gottschamer, Amy L.R.

1995

Artifact Analysis for the Reader's Point Vessel: A Late Eighteenth Century Merchant Ship from St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica

Gray, Jeff

1998

Fueling the Fire: An Archaeological and Historical Investigation of Little Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and The Claflin Point Wreck

Greeley, Joseph

1998

The Last of Her Line: The Steam Sternwheeler Portland of Portland, Oregon, an Anachronism in Time

Green, Catherine Fach

2003

Nineteenth Century North American Figureheads from the Mariners’ Museum Collection

Green, Russell

2002

The Devereaux Cove Vessel and The Penobscot Expedition of 1779:  Historical and Archaeological Interpretation of Vessel Remains at Devereaux Cove, Stockton Springs, Maine

Gutierrez, Joseph A., Jr.

1977

Confederate Naval Ordinance, 1861-1865

Haiduven, Richard

2003

Archaeological and Historical Assessment of the Troy Spring Wreck

Hall, Wes

1992

An Underwater Archaeological Survey of Heron's Colonial Bridge Crossing Site over the Northeast Cape Fear River Near Castle Hayne, North Carolina

Harris, Lynn

1988

A Preliminary Investigation of the Seaport, Table Bay and Shipwrecks in the Vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa

Harris, Margaret

2000

The History of the 1880-1891 Marshall/Firehole Hotel, Yellowstone National Park, and Conservation Methods for Artifacts From a Thermal Riverine Environment

Hatch, Heather

2006

Arrrchaeology: Investigating Piracy in the Archaeological Record

Herron, Richard D.

1985

Chesapeake Bay Privateering During the American Revolution: The Patriots, the Loyalists, and the British

Holcombe, A. Robert

1993

The Evolution of Ironclad Design

Howard, Joshua Brendan

2003

The Most Abandoned Sett of Wretches: North Carolina’s Privateering Efforts During the American Revolution, 1776-1783

Hughes, Michael D.

2003

An Investigation of a British Raid on the Upper Elk River During the War of 1812

Jackson, Claude V. III

1991

Historical and Archaeological Investigations of a Sunken Federal Period Vessel Near Oriental, North Carolina

Jaeschke, Brian

2003

Black Angels of the Ice: The History of  Chartered Ice Breaking on the Great Lakes by the Rail Ferries Sainte Marie and Chief Wawatam

Jennette, Alexander T.

1985

Consuls and Commodores: The Initial Unsuccessful Campaign Against the Barbary Pirates, 1801-1803

Jensen, John O.

1992

The Unwanted: Cholera, Immigrants, and National Public Health in 1892

Jones, Sheridan Richard

1996

Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the MacKnight Shipyard Wreck (0001 NCR)

Kennington, John, Jr.

1994

Gray Jackets in Savannah: The Enlisted Sailor of the Confederate States Navy On the Savannah River. 1861-1864

Kjorness, Annalies Corbin

1995

Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Steamboat Passengers on the Bertrand and Arabia

Knoerl, T. Kurt

1994

Beneath Niagara: A Methodological Approach to an Inundated Eighteenth-Century Site

Krivor, Michael

1998

Archaeological Investigation of an Eighteenth-Century British Merchant Vessel in Chub Heads Cut, Bermuda

Lamb, Roy

1981

The Maritime History of Edenton, North Carolina: 1768-1773

LaVoie, Gerry

2004

Command and Control of the Army of the Potomac in 1864: Ulysses S. Grant and George G. Meade

Lawrence, Matthew

2003

A Fair Specimen of a Southern River Steamer: The Oregon and Tar/Pamlico River Steam Navigation

Lehman, Adam

2006

The Privateers of the War of 1812: A Study of the Impact of American Federal Legislation and Policies Regarding American Private Armed Vessels

Lowris, Jason

1999

A Reluctant Imperialist in an Age of Shifting Paradigms: The Career of George Dyer, USN, 1870-1908

Lusardi. Wayne

1998

Shipwrecked Swords: An Examination of Edged Weaponry Recovered From Spanish Colonial Vessels and Archaeological Sites, 1492-1733

Magnuson, Coral

1998

The Canoe House in Traditional Hawaii

Mantzouka, Eleftheria

2004

The Transport Amphoras from a Shipwreck Found off the Island of Alonnesos, Northern Sporades, Greece

Marcinko, Thomas

2000

The Maritime History of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, 1846-1862

Marshall, Amy Jo Knowles

1996

Frequently Close to the Point of Peril: A History of Buoys and Tenders in the Coastal Waters of the United States

Marshall, Timothy

1999

The Most Impudent Procedure in the History of Blockade Running: An Historical and Archaeological Examination of the Steamship Arabia

Marx, Deborah

2002

With the Speed of a Stag Hound: The Steamship Winfield Scott, a Case Study in Early United States Steam Navigation

Mather, I. Roderick

1990

The Advice Boat Swift and the Potential of Unrated Warships

Mannesto, Richard

1993

Submerged Cultural Research Survey of Whitefish Point, Michigan

McCracken, Peter H.

1999

Symbolic History and Sailors: Image Development Through Song At Sea

McGuinn, Philip

2000
Shell Castle, A North Carolina Enrepot, 1789-1820:  An Historical and Archaeological Investigation

Mercogliano, Salvatore

1997

Targets of Assassins: The American Merchant Marine during the Vietnam War, 1964-1975

Merriman, Ann

1996

North Carolina Schooners. 1815-1901, and the S. R. Fowle and Son Company of Washington, North Carolina

Meverden, Keith

2005

Currituck Sound Regional Remote Sensing Survey, Currituck County, North Carolina

Miller, David

2005

The Logistical Impact of Prize Capture on Armies at The Siege of Boston 1775-1776

Mires, Calvin

2005

Plying the Waters in America’s Little Switzerland: The Role of Turn of the Century Lake Tourism in Glacier National Park, Montana

Mitchell, Amy

1994

A Comparison of Wood Use in Eighteenth-Century Vessels

Monk, Kimberly

2003

A Great Lakes Vessel Type: Archaeological and Historical Examination of the Welland Sailing Canal Vessel Sligo, Toronto, Ontario

Moore, David

1989

Anatomy of a l7th Century Slave Ship: Historical and Archaeological Investigations of the Henrietta Marie

Moore, James

2003

Return to the Stone Age: The Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin’s Dolomite Industry

Moore, Robert Scott

1992

Evolution of the Greek Warship and its Tactics in the 4th Century B.C

Moore, Shawn

1998

Norfolk and Yellow Fever in 1855: Its Impact on National Policy

Morgan, W. Stuart

1985

The Commerce of a Southern Port: New Bern, North Carolina

Morris, Jeff

2000
A Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the Chickahominy Shipyard Site

Morris, John William M.

1991

Site 44YO88: The Archaeological Assessment of the Hull Remains at Yorktown, Virginia

Newell, Samuel

1985

A Maritime History of Ocracoke Inlet 1584-1783

Nichols, Kevin

2002

Logistics of Invasion: The Anglo-Saxon Movements to Post-Roman Britain

O’Regan, Deirdre

1999

Sailmaking in Nineteenth Century Southern New England

Olson, Christopher

1997

An Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the Steamboat Curlew

Overfield, Michael

2002

Search for Adventure

Paling, Jason

2003

A History of Whaling in Bermuda

Pecorelli, Harry

2003

Archaeological Investigation of the B & B Wreck (38B1672): An Eighteenth Century Plantation-Built Vessel Charleston, South Carolina

Peebles, Martin

1995
CSS Raleigh The History and Archaeology of a Civil War Ironclad in the Cape Fear River

Piero, Jacqueline

2004

Site Formation Processes Acting on Ferrous Hulled Shipwrecks

Pietruszka, Andrew T.

2005

Maps, Manuscripts, and Survey: Middle Range Theory and the Bath Creek Submerged Cultural Resource Survey

Poupore, Darren L.

2004

William F. Halsey and the Exercise of Command:  The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942

Prados, Edward F.

1993

The Development of Arabian Shipping and Commerce in Classical Antiquity

Price, Franklin

2006

Conflict and Commerce: Maritime Archaeological Site Distribution as Cultural Change on the Roanoke River, North Carolina

Reedy, Robert

1987

Historical and Archaeological Investigations Concerning a Revolutionary War Vessel Burnt at Beaufort, N.C. in 1778

Reid, Phillip

1998

The German Barque Peking: History, Restoration and Interpretation of a Cape Horn Sailing Ship

Robie, William A., Jr.

1993

For the Greatest Achievement: A History of the Aero Club of America and the National Aeronautic Association

Robinson, Todd

1995

Subject to the Power of the Infernall Spiritt: Puritans, Privateers, and the Genesis Of Buccaneers

Rogers, Jason Samuel

2004

Logboats of the Moravian Gate: Monoxyl Dugout Vessels from Central Europe

Rodgers, Bradley A.

1985

The Iron Sentinel: USS Michigan 1844-1949

Russell, Matthew

1996

An Historical and Archaeological Investigation of  Three Beached Shipwreck Scatters at Channel Islands National Park

Schaefer, John

1994

A Long and Slow Martyrdom: The Jesuit Role in the Huron Country, 1632-1650

Schmidt, James S.

1991

Naval Operations of the Potomac Flotilla, 1861-1865

Schneller, Robert J., Jr.

1986

The Development of Dahlgren's Heavy Cast-Iron Smooth-Bores and Their Adoption by the Navy

Scott, Ralph Lee

1979

Welding the Sinews of War: A History of the North Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation

Sloan, Thomas H.

1971

Inland Steam Navigation in North Carolina, 1818-1900

Smith, Joshua

1997

Sentinels of the Republic: Customs Collectors in the District of Maine 1789-1820

Snyder, Jon Travis

2006

Washington, North Carolina’s 19th Century Coasting Trade and the Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the Schooner Star

Southerly, Kathy

2006

Landscapes in Transition: Redbanks Landing on the Tar River, Greenville, North Carolina

Southerly, James Christopher Welliver

2003

Cedar on the Reef: Archaeological and Historical Assessments of the Eighteenth-Century Bermuda Sloop, Exemplified by the Wreck of the Hunter Galley

Spirek, James D.

1993

The USS Southfield: An Historical and Archaeological Investigation of a Converted Gunboat

Terrell, Bruce G.

1988

The James River Bateau: Tobacco Transport in Upland Virginia

Therson, Bradley D.

1982

Origins and Early Development of the North Carolina Division of Commercial Fisheries, 1822-1925

Thiesen, William H.

1993

Policy, Technology, and Change: The ABCD Warship Program and the Transformation of American Naval Policy in the 1880s

Tubby, Ray

2000

Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the 1750 Spanish Plate Fleet Vessel El Salvador

Turner, Lex

1999

An Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the Scuppernong:  A Mid-Nineteenth Century Centerboard Schooner

Tyndall, Kenneth

1988

To Arm or Disarm?  The 1929 Cruiser Bill and the Big Navy/Small Navy Debate

Van Tilburg, Hans

1994

The Maritime History and Nautical Archaeology of China in Southeast Asia: Song to Early Ming Dynasties (960-1435)

Warren, Daniel

1998

SS Monumental City: An Historical and Archaeological Survey of the First Transpacific Screw Steamship

Waters, Sarah

1999

The Historical and Archaeological Investigation of the Loss of a Nineteenth-Century French Frigate

Watson, Phyllis A.

1971

John Humphrey Small and the Development of the Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway 1899-1921

Watts, Gordon P.

1975

Monitor of a New Iron Age: The Construction of the USS Monitor

Watts, Jenna

2000

Archaeological Investigation of the Workboat Widgeon: A Possible Chesapeake Bay Schooner

West, W. Wilson

1985

The USS Tecumseh

Westrick, Robert F.

1999

The USS Peterhoff: An Historical and Archaeological Investigation of a Civil War Shipwreck

Whipple, David

1992

The Shipping Act of 1916

White, Heather M.

2004

Chowan’s Best: Women, Labor, And Change In The Bertie County Herring Industry

Whitesides, Scott

2003

Spatial Patterning Aboard the Millecoquins Wreck: Interpreting Ship Board Life and Functional Use of an Early 19th Century Great Lakes Sailing Vessel

Whitfield, Elizabeth H.

2005

Pushing the Paradigm: The Devotional Medals of El Buen Consejo in a Historical and Archaeological Context

Williams, Kimberly

2000

The Development of Alexandria’s Maritime Economy and Ptolemaic Naval Policy

Williams, Stephen

2004

Development of the Trireme and Naval Warfare: Alalia to Salamis

Wolfe, Sarah

2001

Historical and Cultural Study of Anglo-American Naval Edged Weapons – 1797-1815

Workman, Stephen

2002

Politician Generals, Gunboat Commanders, and Army-Navy Joint Operations in Coastal and Inland Eastern North Carolina, 1861-1865: Interservice Rivalry or Cooperation?