Richie Kohler is an American

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wreck diver Wreck diving is recreational diving where the wreckage of ships, aircraft and other artificial structures are explored. The term is used mainly by recreational and technical divers. Professional divers, when diving on a shipwreck, generally ref ...

and

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who has been diving and exploring shipwrecks since 1980. Together with

John Chatterton John Chatterton (born 1951) is an American wreck diver. Together with Richie Kohler, he was one of the co-hosts for the History Channel’s '' Deep Sea Detectives'', for 57 episodes of the series. He is also a consultant to the film and telev ...

, Kohler was one of the co-hosts of the

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'' Deep Sea Detectives'' on the

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and is also a consultant for the film and television industry on shipwreck and diving projects. Kohler has explored shipwrecks around the world, including the SS ''Andrea Doria'' and the RMS ''Titanic''. Diving from the Russian research vessel Keldysh, Kohler made multiple dives to in the

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s to explore the ''Titanics wreck site. Kohler's work identifying a

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, U-869, off the coast of New Jersey has been the subject of several television documentaries and a book by Robert Kurson, '' Shadow Divers''. This book is being developed as a

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, directed and produced by

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.Shadow Divers
at IMDB

Exploration

Kohler was part of a team led by oceanographer

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which explored and mapped the wreck of the ''U-166'' in the summer of 2014 with remotely operated vehicles and determined that the bow of the submarine was destroyed, apparently by a depth charge which caused an internal explosion of the submarine's own torpedoes.

References

External links

Eurotek interview
with wreck diver Richie Kohler on dives to the USS ''Lagarto'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kohler, Richie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American underwater divers Place of birth missing (living people)