National Underwater and Marine Agency
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The National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) in the United States is dedicated to "preserving maritime heritage through the discovery, archaeological survey and conservation of shipwreck artifacts." Based on a fictional organization, the device of author Clive Cussler, the non-fictional version, NUMA, is a private non-profit organization headed up by Clive Cussler with the goal of preserving the maritime heritage through the discovery, exploration and conservation of shipwreck artifacts.
Cussler lives a life which closely parallels his protagonist in a series of highly successful adventure novels, Dirk Pitt, the head of the fictional NUMA. The real world NUMA is a non profit organization and has actually discovered many sunken ships.
NUMA found the CSS H.L. Hunley in 1995. Cussler along with NUMA have helped produce a television series on underwater exploration called "The Seahunters" on which you can see the discovery and subsequent removal and conservation. The show also features a number of other shipwrecks in various international locations.
Trustees
The NUMA Advisory Board of Trustees.
- Clive Cussler, Chairman
- Dirk Cussler, President
- Walter Schob
- Dana Larson
- William Thompson
- William Shea
- Michael Hogan
- Harold Edgerton (Deceased)
- Eric Schonstedt (Deceased)
- Clyde Smith
- Donald Walsh
- Peter Throckmorton (Deceased)
- Kenhelm Stott, Jr. (Deceased)
- Tony Bell (Deceased)
- Douglas Wheeler
- Wayne Gronquist
- Craig Dirgo
- Barbara Knight (Deceased)
- Robert Esbenson (Deceased)
- Ralph Wilbanks
Current list of expeditions
- Acten
- U.S.S. Akron
- C.S.S. Alabama
- Alexander Neuski, a Russian steam frigate. Stranded off Thyboron in 1868 while carrying the crown prince.
- C.S.S. Arkansas
- SMS Blücher, a German heavy cruiser. Sunk at the battle of Dogger Bank.
- Brutus
- Bonhomme Richard
- U.S.S. Carondelet
- R.M.S. Carpathia
- C.S.S. Chicora
- C.S.S. Charleston
- U.S.S. Commodore Jones
- U.S.S. Cumberland
- Cyclops
- C.S.S. Drewry
- H.M.S. Defense, a British battle cruiser sunk during the battle of Jutland.
- Endeavor
- C.S.S. Florida
- C.S.S. Fredericksburg
- C.S.S. Gaines
- C.S.S. General Beauregard
- General Lovell
- General Slocum
- C.S.S. General Thompson
- C.S.S. Governor Moore
- Great Stone Fleet
- Greyhound
- H.M.S. Hawke, a first-class British cruiser, sunk by the German U-boat U-9 in October 1914.
- U.S.S. Housatonic
- C.S.S. Hunley
- H.M.S. Invincible, a British battle cruiser sunk at the battle of Jutland.
- Ivanhoe
- Jamestown
- U.S.S. Keokuk
- Leopoldville (troopship), a Belgian troop transport torpedoed outside Cherbourg in 1944.
- Lexington
- Lost Locomotive of Kiowa Creek
- C.S.S. Louisiana
- Mallory and Irvine
- C.S.S. Manassas
- Mary Celeste
- U.S.S. Merrimack
- U.S.S. Milwaukee
- U.S.S. Mississippi
- New Orleans
- Norseman
- Northampton
- Odin (steamship), a Royal Swedish steamship that ran aground off Jutland in 1836 with the Swedish prime minister on board.
- U.S.S. Osage
- C.S.S. Palmetto State
- U.S.S. Patapsco
- H.M.S. Pathfinder, British scout cruiser.
- U.S.S. Philippe
- Platt Valley
- Racoon
- Rattlesnake
- Resolution
- C.S.S. Richmond
- Ruby
- S-25
- S-35, a German destroyer sunk during the battle of Jutland.
- Saint Patrick
- Savanna
- H.M.S Shark, British destroyer sunk during the battle of Jutland.
- Stonewall Jackson
- Sultana
- Swamp Angel
- Torpedo Raft
- Twin Sisters
- U-12, sunk by H.M.S. Ariel in 1915.
- U-20, German U-boat that sank the liner Lusitania in 1915. Ran aground on the Jutland coast in 1916, abandoned by crew and blown up by the Danes.
- U-21, German U-boat, sank in 1919.
- V-48, a German destroyer sunk during the battle of Jutland.
- U.S.S. Varuna
- C.S.S. Virginia II
- Virginia Navy Fleet sunk by Benedict Arnold
- U.S.S. Weehawken
- White Bird
- Waratah
- Wiesbaden, German light cruiser sunk off Jutland.
- Zavala
External Links
- NUMA Official website (http://www.numa.net/)zh:國家水下與海洋組織