Battle of the Atlantic Project (2008-2014)

The Battle of the Atlantic Project (2008-2014) was a multi-year, multi-institutional project led by NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.

Nathan Richards was involved in the following aspects of the project.

Author or co-author

Casserley, Tane, Nathan Richards, and Joseph Hoyt
2008 Battle of the Atlantic 2008 Expedition: Expedition Research Design.  Unpublished report.  39pp.

Richards, Nathan, Tom Allen, John Bright, Joseph Hoyt, and John Wagner
2011 Research Design: Battle of the Atlantic Expedition 2011: The Battle of Convoy KS-520.  Report submitted to the American Battlefield Protection Program, Washington, DC. 86pp.

Bright, John, Nathan Richards, Joseph Hoyt, and John Wagner
2012 2012 Battle of the Atlantic Research Design: Cataloguing North Carolina’s WWII Coastal Heritage.  Unpublished report. 55pp.

Bright, John, Nathan Richards, Joseph Hoyt, John Wagner and Tom Allen
2012 The Battle of the Atlantic Expedition 2011: The Battle of Convoy KS-520 (North Carolina, 15 July 1942).  Final Report.  Report submitted to the American Battlefield Protection Program, Washington DC. 223pp.

Press

Storie, Beth
2015 Histories of the Deep, in

NOAA Partnership results in two significant maritime discoveries, The Coastland Times, October 30, 2014, pages 1A and 7A

The Story of Convoy KS-520 and U-576 in 1942, The Coastland Times, October 30, 2014, pages 1A and 7A

Grant applications (successful)

Richards, Nathan and Tom Allen
2009 The Battle of the Atlantic: An Archaeological Site Management and Environmental Risk Assessment Proposal.  Grant submitted to East Carolina University’s Coastal Maritime Council ($16,000).
2010 The Battle of the Atlantic: Resources Identification and Assessment Survey.  Grant submitted to the American Battlefield Protection Program, National Park Service ($79,754).

Alphabetical List of Chaired Thesis Manuscript Committees (Battle of the Atlantic Project)

NameGraduation
Year
TitleDegree
Bright, John2012The Final Ambush: An Adapted Battlefield Analysis of the U-576 Attack Upon Allied Convoy KS-520 off Cape Hatteras During the Second World WarMA
Fox-Davis, Kara2014Matters of Steel: Illustrating and Assessing the Deterioration of the World War II Merchant Freighter CaribseaMA
Freitas, Mitchell2017Reassessing the Hatteras Minefield: An Examination of North Carolina Coastal Defenses during the Second World WarMA
Knutson, Janie2018“War is War, and I Must Carry out my Duty:” A Geospatial and Statistical Analysis of North Carolina’s First World War BattlescapeMA
McLellan, Tyler2021Evaluating the Fog of War: A forensic analysis of positional data from the Battle of the AtlanticMA
Sanchagrin, Stephen2014A View Through the Periscope: Advanced Geospatial Visualizations of Naval Battlefields of the Second World WarMA
Sassorossi, William2015Defending the East Coast: Adapting and Converting Commercial Ships for Military OperationsMA
Wagner, John2010Waves of Carnage: A Historical, Archaeological, and Geographical Study of the Battle of the Atlantic in North Carolina WatersMA