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 [...]
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 [...]
Crews painstakingly removed mud layer by layer to expose the vessel. Florida Department of Transportation, District Two (Smithsonian Magazine) SEARCH Inc. on the job exploring the fascinating 19th century wooden sailing ship find. [...]
Was it murder? Why a US Navy hanging resonates nearly 200 years later One hundred and eighty years ago, Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, in command of the United States Navy’s brig Somers, hanged three of [...]
Titled Mutiny, this podcast episode delves into perhaps the greatest scandal and sea-story of the first half of 19th Century America that nearly everyone has forgotten. You can also check out Jim's book on the [...]
Join Jim and other expert speakers for a fascinating afternoon hosted by the Archaeological Institute of America. Diving for the Clotilda: The Archaeology, History, and Legacy of the Last Known Slave Ship Saturday, October 15 [...]
Jim recently sat down with Jason Elias on the Big Deep - An Ocean Podcast to talk about shipwrecks and his time exploring Titanic. Listen to the interview here.
Different groups have spotted Industry’s wreckage since 2011, but exploration of the site wasn’t pursued until recently. James Delgado, senior vice president of SEARCH Inc., a cultural resource management firm, said the agency asked him [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
