A Personal Tour of Four Famous Shipwrecks
Join Jim in Mobile, Alabama, for a special presentation on March 5, 2026. Jim will also be available to sign books. For more information, visit the History Museum of Mobile website.
Great Museum of the Sea – Current Archaeology review
Jim’s new book The Great Museum of the Sea: A Human History of Shipwrecks was reviewed by Current Archaeology.
Jim talks to the US Naval Institute on USS Yorktown
Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer images the wreck of USS Yorktown during a dive on April 19 as part of the Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition. NOAA Photo The aircraft carrier USS Yorktown [...]
Jim takes part in USS Yorktown mapping
Photogrammetric model of the island of USS Yorktown, created by Raymond Phipps, NOAA Ocean Exploration explorer-in-training, March 30, 2024. The island is one of the areas of the ship targeted for exploration during the [...]
Jim featured on new shipwrecks podcast
Jim is featured on the new Fascinated by Shipwrecks podcast that aired on Sunday, November 3. The podcast is dedicated to sharing stories about the people and the science of maritime archaeology. In this inaugural [...]
USS Stewart Found off Coast of California
Multi-bean sonar image of the US Navy destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224) Jim and his colleagues at SEARCH Inc., as well as several key agencies, have found the century-old US Navy destroyer. This groundbreaking [...]
Can the Clotilda be excavated?
Jim, the team at SEARCH Inc, along with the Alabama Historical Commission and the Slave Wrecks Project of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture have worked on this wreck site along [...]
Mapping Bikini Atoll
A most venerable vessel: The historic cruiser Olympia marks a milestone anniversary this year. ALAMY Last December, SEARCH Inc. and researchers from the University of Delaware brought the latest oceanic technology to map [...]
Expert who led Clotilda discovery gives special presentation in Mobile
...Dr. James Delgado led the team that found the last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S. illegally bringing 109 captives from Africa in 1860. Monday night Delgado talked about all of the science [...]
Wreck Discovered of WWII Japanese Carrier Key to Pearl Harbor Attack
Wreck Imperial Japanese Navy Carrier Kaga on Oct. 17. Vulcan Image Researchers have discovered the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy carrier that was key to the attack on Pearl Harbor and that [...]