Albert "Al" Giordino

Personal Profile:

Book (Chapter):

Eye Color: Brown.

  • Ebony.
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    The Mediterranean Caper (10)

  • Shock Wave (3)
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    Hair: Black, short and curly.

    Pacific Vortex! (14)

    Height: 5'4".

    Pacific Vortex! (14)

    Weight: 175 lbs.

    Valhalla Rising (11)

    Stocky, with barrel chest.

    Pacific Vortex! (14)

    Looses the little finger on his right hand.

    Pacific Vortex! (18)

    Italian.

    Pacific Vortex! (14)

    Full Name: Albert Cassius Giordino.

    Shock Wave (17)

    Best friend from childhood: Dirk Pitt.

    Version 1:

    		  

    Meets Dirk Pitt in kindergarten.

    		Pacific Vortex! (14)
    Dragon (8)
  • They become best friends after they have a fight on the first day they meet. The bully Al Giordino gives Dirk Pitt a black eye and Pitt gives Giordino a bloody nose with a baseball in return.
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    Dragon (8)

    Version 2:

    		  

    Meets Dirk Pitt in the first grade.

    		 Vixen 03 (8)
    Atlantis Found (8)

  • They become best friends after they have a fight on the first day they meet. The bully Al Giordino gives Dirk Pitt a bloody nose and a blackeye. In return Pitt kicks Giordino in the groin and Al walks lopsided for a week.
    		•  Vixen 03 (8)
    Shock Wave (29)

    In the Eagle Scouts with Dirk Pitt.

    Valhalla Rising (38)

    Builds hot rods and races down lonely farm roads behind Newport Beach with Dirk Pitt in high school.

    Raise the Titanic! (36)

    Runs on the track team with Dirk Pitt in high school and they date the same girls.

    The Mediterranean Caper (1)

    Plays as tackle in high school football; Dirk Pitt plays quarterback.

    Shock Wave (29)

    Graduates from the Air Force Academy (#3 in the class).

    Atlantis Found (13)

    Plays football with Dirk Pitt at the Academy.

    Valhalla Rising (11)

    Spends a summer between semesters at the Air Force Academy as a lifeguard in Malibu, California.

    Trojan Odyssey (28)

    Trains at same flight school with Dirk Pitt.

    Shock Wave (29)

    Flies two tours in the same tactical squadron with Dirk Pitt in Vietnam.

  • Serves in Vietnam with distinction.
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    Shock Wave (29)

  • Atlantis Found (22)
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    Air Force Rank: Captain.

    The Mediterranean Caper (1)

    Wherever one goes, the other is sure to follow. Giordino doesn't thing twice about joining Pitt at the National Underwater Marine Agency.

    Valhalla Rising (11)

    On loan to NUMA on temporary status.

    Sahara (7)

    NUMA Assistant Special Projects Director.

    Pacific Vortex! (14)

    Often works on submersibles and construction with Joe Zavala.

    Trojan Odyssey (15)
  • Joe Zavala and he design the Pisces, an underwater habitat.

  • Trojan Odyssey (13)

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    Entertains the idea of being in charge of NUMA's underwater technical equipment department.
  • Becomes the underwater technology director when Dirk Pitt takes over as director of NUMA.
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    Trojan Odyssey (47)

  • Black Wind (12)
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    Enjoys playing a game with Admiral Sandecker and his cigars.
    Click Cigar Saga.

    		  

    Has a condo in Alexandria, Virginia. Recently purchased in Shock Wave.

    		 Shock Wave (16)
    Atlantis Found (11)
    Valhalla Rising (21)
    Trojan Odyssey (15)
  • The furniture and decor do not match.

    • Shock Wave (16)

    Drives a Ford Bronco.

    Deep Six (44)

    Dives an old black Sting Ray Corvette.

    		 Atlantis Found (13)
    Valhalla Rising (11)

    Rudi Gunn is a member of the pit crew for Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino when they enter a cross-country race in Arizona.

    		Sahara (26)

    Acquires a Para-Ordinance 10+1s automatic at Pandora mine.

    Atlantis Found (30, 31)

    Carries a 40-caliber Ruger P94 automatic.

    Valhalla Rising (38)

    Owns a 50-caliber Desert Eagle automatic.

    Trojan Odyssey (21, 34)

    Purchases a thirty-six-foot sailboat and keeps it at a marina near Annapolis.

    Valhalla Rising (23)

    Wears an Aqualand Pro wrist watch.

    Shock Wave (31)

    Hates to parachute.

    Dragon (43, 65)

    Has the ability to sleep anywhere, anytime - like a cat.

    Atlantis Found (10)

    Dances with Pat O'Connell to "Night and Day" in Buenos Aries. They fall in love and become engaged.

    Atlantis Found (32; 47)
  • Later they have reservations and go their separate ways.
    		• Valhalla Rising (11)
    Trojan Odyssey (20)

    A chronic complainer.

    Pacific Vortex! (18)
    Atlantis Found (15)

    Dry-humored, steadfast and reliable as the tides, he is Dirk Pitt's insurance policy against Murphy's Law. Click Moments to view the times he has saved Dirk Pitt's life.

    Treasure (5)

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