| Dan Lieb will be the guest speaker of the Middletown Township Historical Society discussing the USCS Robert J. Walker, a steamship that made headlines in 1860 off the New Jersey coast.
Lieb will present his program on the historic ship Tuesday Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Middletown Township public Library. There is no admission fee and an invitation is open to all to attend; there will be no ZOOM presentation of the program.  Lieb, a found member and current president of the New Jersey Historical Divers Association, will tell the story of the steamboat which was used for surveying. It sunk in 1860, a tragedy which marked the largest loss of government employees whose lives were lost at sea outside of times of war. His presentation will cover the discovery of the site of the coast, and further information on how the expedition was formed and records made at the site. Live will also speak on diver training and divers’ impact on historic preservation. An employee at Divers Two, Lieb inspects, services and fills scuba tanks, repairs and alters wet and dry suits, sells and rents scuba gear, and runs foreign, regional and local travel for the firm. Certified as a PADI SCUBA Diver at age 17, he has completed more than 2,000 scuba dives from Canada to the Caribbean and holds PADI AOW and Rescue Diver certifications. In addition to the presidency of the divers association, Lieb is a technical illustrator with 36 years of experience, and has worked on nearly 30 archaeological expeditions recording shipwrecks. He has identified 14 shipwrecks off New Jersey and lectures extensively on shipwreck history. His mapping expedition for NOAA in 2014 recorded the remains of the Coast Survey Robert J. Walker. In in addition to writing several books on New Jersey wreck diving, Lieb has appeared on the History Channel’s “Deep Sea Detectives” featuring the sunken locomotives off Long Branch. He is also the director and curator of the New Jersey Shipwreck Museum at InfoAge in Wall, and a member of the Explorers Club. The Historical Divers Association is a not-for-profit historical organization dedicated to the preservation of New Jersey shipwreck and maritime history. |
The library is located on Tindall Road. near Route 35.
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