James P. Delgado

James P. Delgado (* 1958 in San José , California ) is an American author and underwater archaeologist .

Delgado worked as a diver and underwater archaeologist. He took part in over 100 shipwreck investigations. These included the RMS Titanic , the USS Monitor , the USS Arizona , the Sub Marine Explorer , the loaded gold rush ships off San Francisco and Kublai Khan's fleet off Japan. As an author, Delgado wrote several books on underwater archeology.

Publications (selection)

Joy Waldron Jasper and James P. Delgado, Jim Adams, 2001, The USS Arizona: the ship, the men, the Pearl Harbor attack, and the symbol that aroused America , Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-312-28690-3 .
Carol Ruppé, Jan Barstad, ed., 2002, “Marine and Underwater Archeology on the Pacific Coast”. International Handbook on Underwater Archeology, Springer, ISBN 978-0-306-46345-7 .
Adventures of a Sea Hunter: In Search of Famous Shipwrecks. Douglas & McIntyre , 2004, ISBN 978-1-55365-071-3 .
Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archeology of San Francisco's Waterfront , University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-25580-7 .
Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada , University of California Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-520-25976-8 .
Nuclear Dawn: The Atomic Bomb from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War , Osprey Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84603-396-4 .
Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare , Osprey Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84908-365-2 .

personal data
SURNAME	Delgado, James P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American underwater archaeologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Jose , California