Admiral James Sandecker |
Personal Profile: |
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Blue. |
Pacific Vortex! (4) Sahara (10) Atlantis Found (13) Valhalla Rising (10) Serpent (15) Blue Gold (27) White Death (29) Trojan Odyssey (3) |
Hazel. |
Raise the Titanic! (6) Shock Wave (11) Atlantis Found (26) |
Hair: Red. |
Pacific Vortex! (4) |
Has a neatly trimmed Ahab, the whaler's red bread. |
Pacific Vortex! (4) |
Has a neatly trimmed beard. |
Raise the Titanic! (6) Sahara (10) White Death (29) |
Has a beard. |
Night Probe! (22) |
Has a Vandyke beard. |
Cyclops (13) Treasure (22) Inca Gold (19) Shock Wave (11) Flood Tide (4) Serpent (15) Atlantis Found (13) Valhalla Rising (10) Blue Gold (27) Fire Ice (10) Trojan Odyssey (3) |
Height: Short. |
Pacific Vortex! (4) |
5'6". |
Iceberg (7) |
A little over 5'. |
Night Probe! (22) Blue Gold (27) Atlantis Found (26) Fire Ice (10) Trojan Odyssey (3) |
Maintains a trim figure. |
Night Probe! (22) |
A graduate of Annapolis. |
Dragon (11) |
Serves under Admiral Bass in World War II. |
Vixen 03 (32) |
Meets Dirk Pitt in Vietnam. |
Deep Six (61) |
After his retirement, Admiral Sandecker is asked to organize a newly funded government agency dedicated to the research of the sea - the National Underwater and Marine Agency. |
Shock Wave (11) |
NUMA Chief Director. |
The Mediterranean Caper (12) |
Click NUMA to view information on his involvement with the agency and his office. |
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Not popular in Washington social circles, he is respected by politicians for his integrity. |
Cyclops (13) |
Testy and irascible, he runs NUMA like a benevolent dictator. |
Atlantis Found (13) |
Occasionally referred to as Scrooge. |
Raise the Titanic! (23) Vixen 03 (8) Deep Six (4) |
A health and fitness nut, he jogs 5 to 6 miles every morning from |
Night Probe! (22) Deep Six (26) Inca Gold (19) Atlantis Found (29) Trojan Odyssey (30) |
Takes daily vitamins and garlic pills. |
Night Probe! (22) |
Performs light workouts after lunch. |
Shock Wave (33) |
Once or twice a week, Rudi Gunn rides his bike during lunch along side the chief as he jogs. |
Shock Wave (37) |
Exercises in the NUMA employee health center. |
Flood Tide (4) |
The only jogger pounding along the sidewalk with an ever-present cigar stub protruding from his mouth. |
Night Probe! (22) |
His only vice, smokes ten cigars a day. |
Shock Wave (11) |
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Al Giordino enjoys playing a game with Admiral Sandecker and his cigars. Click Cigar Saga. |
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A workaholic, he has to force himself not to work on Sundays by cruising along the shores of the Potomac River in an old Navy double-ender whaleboat he purchased surplus and restored. |
Shock Wave (33) |
Dines at the John Paul Jones Club. |
Treasure (22) |
Dines at the Army and Navy Club. |
Night Probe! (24) |
Drinks buttermilk. |
Night Probe! (24) |
Prefers Texas grapefruit to Florida grapefruit. |
Deep Six (22) |
Has a Watergate apartment/condo in Washington. |
Night Probe! (22) Deep Six (26) Inca Gold (19) Atlantis Found (29) |
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Family: Elderly parents, a brother and a sister. |
Cyclops (41) |
Has a daughter living in Hong Kong with her husband and three children. |
Shock Wave (33) Trojan Odyssey (38) |
Maintains that swift recovery is a prerequisite for employment at |
Serpent (15) |