Delgado is a maritime archaeologist

Delgado is a maritime archaeologist who has spent nearly four decades in underwater exploration. A veteran of over 100 shipwreck investigations around the world, his work has included RMS Titanic, USS Monitor, USS Arizona (BB-39), Sub Marine Explorer, the buried Gold Rush ships of San Francisco, and Khubilai Khan's legendary lost fleet.

Archaeology made a lasting impression on him from age 10, when he became fascinated with a construction site near his home in the Santa Teresa foothills that revealed the remains of the Ohlone people who had lived in the region thousands of years before. At age 14, he landed his first job as a fifty cent per hour assistant at the New Almaden Museum south of San Francisco, sweeping floors and washing windows. He spent many hours eagerly studying artifacts housed in the glass cases, and eventually graduated to tour guide.

During his high school years, with permission from site supervisors, he would dig and survey local construction site areas, working side-by-side with Bay Area archaeologists like Chester and Linda King and Rob Edwards, who served as mentors. He also began conferring with graduate students of an archaeology class from San Jose State University, where he would eventually enroll as a history major thanks to the mentorship of Dr. Theodore "Ted" C. Hinckley of the History Department, who convinced Delgado's parents to send him to University and not the local community college. In his sophomore year, he shifted to San Francisco State University as a cooperative education student working with the National Park Service (NPS). He graduated with a B.A. in American history, and would later teach at this and three other universities.

He remained with the NPS as the first Park Historian for Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) serving from 1979-1986. The park covered 35,000 acres containing more than 2,000 historic buildings and sites such as Alcatraz, and a number of military forts and gun batteries, including a forgotten Civil War fortification at Fort Mason which he excavated. His destiny might have been as a land archaeologist if he were not transfixed by the sight of the gold rush-era ship Niantic '​s unearthed timbers in San Francisco's Financial District when he was 20. Delgado worked with archaeologist Dr. Allen Pastron[1] on several excavations beginning in 1979. Among the buried ships from 1849-1851 that he would help excavate or analyze are the storeships Niantic and General Harrison,[2] the ships William Gray[3] and Candace,[4] and many more.

He also learned to scuba dive during his NPS tenure, and worked closely with the Park Service's Submerged Cultural Resources Unit when the NPS sent him to the Presidio of San Francisco to attend an Army dive class. He was involved in wreck surveys both inside and outside the NPS jurisdiction, including Pearl Harbor, where he studied the USS Arizona and USS Utah and at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, where he worked with the team on the atomic-bombed ships of Operation Crossroads, the world's first nuclear tests (1946). He was principal author of the final NOS[clarification needed] study on the Bikini Atoll wrecks. Those shipwrecks include the carrier USS Saratoga, Japanese battleship Nagato, battleship USS Arkansas, destroyer USS Lamson, attack transport USS Gilliam, and submarines USS Pilotfish and USS Apogon.[5]

After a one-year sabbatical from the NPS in 1984-1985 to attend East Carolina University, Delgado gained a master's degree in Maritime History and Underwater Research and was subsequently assigned by NPS Chief Historian Edwin C. Bearss to work as project historian on the USS Monitor project with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He then headed the NPS maritime preservation program—the National Maritime Initiative (NMI)—as its founding chief, starting in 1987. The NMI also functions as the maritime preservation program for the entire federal government, so in this role, Delgado led the effort to study 142 ships for designation as national landmarks, inventoried the nation's maritime resources, and supported the development of standards and guidelines for preservation and documentation. He personally prepared the studies for 54 properties, including several lightships, fireboats, tugboats, submarines, and other warships, including the Bowdoin.[6][7] Ernestina,[8][9] and Virginia V''.[10][11] As of 2010, there were approximately 2,500 National Historic Landmarks in the United States.

Delgado spent his last field season with NPS in 1990, working again at Bikini, and then leading a team to Mexico to jointly study the remains of the 1846 USS Somers, the setting for the navy's only mutiny and the inspiration for Herman Melville's Billy Budd.[12] In 1991, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia where he took on the role of Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum for the next fifteen years. His work included organizing a $3-million reenactment of the historic Northwest Passage and North America-circumnavigating voyages of the museum's centerpiece exhibit, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner St. Roch. He led the crew that restored Ben Franklin (PX-15), a 130-ton oceanographic research submersible originally built in Switzerland for famed undersea explorer and scientist Jacques Piccard and most famously used on a historic 30-day "drift mission" along the eastern seaboard of the United States in 1969.

During his museum tenure, he returned to university to undertake his Ph.D. in archaeology, receiving the distinction in 2006 from Simon Fraser University. Following his graduation, he was named an Adjunct Member of the Faculty of the Department of Archaeology. From 2001 to 2006, he hosted, and was the team archaeologist on, the popular Canadian-made National Geographic documentary series The Sea Hunters, which drew an audience of over 200 million people in over 172 countries. He worked with famous novelist, raconteur and shipwreck hunter Clive Cussler, the series presenter, master divers Mike and Warren Fletcher, and John Davis from Eco-Nova Productions.[13]

In 2006, he moved to Texas and joined the Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) as Executive Director. In April 2008, he was elected President and CEO of this worldwide nautical archaeology organization.[14] In October 2010, he left INA to become the Director of Maritime Heritage in the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration[15] in Washington, D.C. He coordinates and at times supervises all maritime heritage activities in the 14 units in the NMS system.

During his first two years with NOAA, he was involved in the Titanic mapping expedition as chief scientist, continued his years of study on the Civil War-era, pearl-diving submersible Sub Marine Explorer, participated in field work while reorganizing and focusing the maritime heritage program, and mentored five high school kids from Saginaw, Michigan for Project Shiphunt.[16]

Delgado has a long list of professional and public service designations, including a presidency with the Council of American Maritime Museums, and he is also a member of several organizations such a the Archaeological Institute of America and the The Explorers Club.

He has written over 100 articles, including Letter from Bermuda: Secrets of a Civil War Shipwreck[17] and A Pearl of Discovery[18] and contributed to or edited over 33 books, including Silent Killers: Submarines and Underwater Warfare, Nuclear Dawn: The Atomic Bomb From the Manhattan Project to the Cold War, Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco's Waterfront, and two international best-sellers; Across the Top of the World: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and Lost Warships: An Archaeological Tour of War at Sea. He has received five prestigious book awards and spoken worldwide to hundreds of groups and organizations including high schools classes, university groups, scientific, archaeology, and business organizations and is a frequent lecturer for Zegrahm Expeditions and the Archaeological Institute of America.

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Delgado adalah seorang arkeolog maritim yang telah menghabiskan hampir empat dekade dalam eksplorasi bawah laut. Seorang veteran lebih dari 100 investigasi kapal karam di seluruh dunia, karyanya sudah termasuk RMS Titanic, USS Monitor, USS Arizona (BB-39), Sub Kelautan Explorer, yang terkubur Gold Rush kapal dari San Francisco, dan armada hilang legendaris Khubilai Khan. Archaeology membuat kesan abadi pada dirinya dari usia 10, ketika ia menjadi terpesona dengan situs konstruksi di dekat rumahnya di kaki bukit Santa Teresa yang mengungkap sisa-sisa orang Ohlone yang pernah tinggal di ribuan wilayah tahun sebelum. Pada usia 14, ia mendapat pekerjaan pertamanya sebagai lima puluh sen per jam asisten di Museum New Almaden selatan dari San Francisco, menyapu lantai dan mencuci jendela. Dia menghabiskan berjam-jam bersemangat mempelajari artefak bertempat di kasus kaca, dan akhirnya lulus untuk tur panduan. Selama tahun-tahun SMA-nya, dengan izin dari pengawas situs, ia akan menggali dan survei daerah lokasi konstruksi lokal, side-by-side bekerja sama dengan Bay arkeolog daerah seperti Chester dan Linda Raja dan Rob Edwards, yang menjabat sebagai mentor. Dia juga mulai berunding dengan mahasiswa lulusan kelas arkeologi dari San Jose State University, di mana ia akhirnya akan mendaftarkan diri sebagai sejarah berkat besar bagi bimbingan Dr Theodore "Ted" C. Hinckley Departemen Sejarah, yang meyakinkan orang tua Delgado untuk mengirimnya ke Universitas dan bukan perguruan tinggi setempat. Dalam tahun kedua, ia bergeser ke San Francisco State University sebagai mahasiswa pendidikan koperasi bekerja sama dengan National Park Service (NPS). Dia lulus dengan gelar BA dalam sejarah Amerika, dan kemudian mengajar di tiga universitas ini dan lainnya. Dia tetap dengan NPS sebagai Taman Sejarawan pertama untuk Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) melayani 1.979-1.986. Taman ditutupi 35.000 hektar yang mengandung lebih dari 2.000 bangunan bersejarah dan situs seperti Alcatraz, dan sejumlah benteng militer dan baterai senjata, termasuk lupa Perang Saudara fortifikasi di Fort Mason yang ia digali. Nasibnya mungkin sebagai arkeolog tanah jika ia tidak terpaku oleh pemandangan kapal rush era emas Niantic 's kayu ditemukan di jantung kota San Francisco ketika ia 20. Delgado bekerja dengan arkeolog Dr Allen Pastron [1 ] pada beberapa penggalian yang dimulai pada tahun 1979. Di antara kapal-kapal terkubur 1849-1851 bahwa ia akan membantu menggali atau menganalisis adalah storeships Niantic dan General Harrison, [2] kapal William Gray [3] dan Candace, [4] dan masih banyak lagi . Dia juga belajar menyelam selama masa NPS, dan bekerja sama dengan Taman Service Submerged Sumber Daya Budaya Satuan ketika NPS mengirimnya ke Presidio of San Francisco untuk menghadiri menyelam kelas Angkatan Darat. Ia terlibat dalam survei kecelakaan baik di dalam maupun di luar yurisdiksi NPS, termasuk Pearl Harbor, di mana ia mempelajari USS Arizona dan Utah USS dan di Bikini Atoll di Pasifik, di mana ia bekerja dengan tim di kapal atom-dibom Operasi Crossroads , tes nuklir pertama di dunia (1946). Dia adalah penulis utama dari NOS ​​[klarifikasi diperlukan] studi akhir di bangkai kapal Bikini Atoll. Mereka bangkai kapal termasuk kapal induk USS Saratoga, kapal perang Jepang Nagato, perang USS Arkansas, USS Lamson, transportasi serangan USS Gilliam, dan kapal selam USS Pilotfish dan USS Apogon. [5] Setelah cuti satu tahun dari NPS di 1984-1985 untuk menghadiri East Carolina University, Delgado memperoleh gelar master di Maritim Sejarah dan Underwater Research and kemudian ditugaskan oleh Kepala NPS Sejarawan Edwin C. Bearss untuk bekerja sebagai sejarawan proyek pada proyek USS Memantau dengan Administrasi Kelautan dan Atmosfer Nasional (NOAA). Dia kemudian menuju program-NPS pelestarian maritim Maritim Nasional Initiative (NMI) -sebagai utamanya pendiri, mulai tahun 1987. NMI juga berfungsi sebagai program pelestarian maritim untuk pemerintah federal secara keseluruhan, sehingga dalam peran ini, Delgado memimpin upaya untuk mempelajari 142 kapal untuk penunjukan sebagai landmark nasional, menginventarisasi sumber daya bangsa maritim, dan mendukung pengembangan standar dan pedoman untuk pelestarian dan dokumentasi. Dia secara pribadi mempersiapkan studi untuk 54 properti, termasuk beberapa lightships, fireboats, kapal tunda, kapal selam, dan kapal perang lainnya, termasuk Bowdoin. [6] [7] Ernestina, [8] [9] dan Virginia V ''. [10] [11] Pada 2010, ada sekitar 2.500 Nasional Landmark Bersejarah di Amerika Serikat. Delgado menghabiskan musim lapangan terakhirnya dengan NPS pada tahun 1990, bekerja lagi di Bikini, dan kemudian memimpin tim ke Meksiko untuk bersama-sama mempelajari sisa-sisa 1846 USS Somers, pengaturan hanya pemberontakan angkatan laut dan inspirasi bagi Herman Melville Billy Budd. [12] Pada tahun 1991, ia pindah ke Vancouver, British Columbia di mana ia mengambil peran Direktur Eksekutif Museum Vancouver Maritime selama lima belas berikutnya tahun. Karyanya termasuk mengorganisir pemeragaan $ 3 juta dari Northwest Passage bersejarah dan pelayaran dari pameran pusat museum Amerika Utara-mengelilingi, Royal Canadian Mounted Police sekunar St. Roch. Dia memimpin kru yang dipulihkan Ben Franklin (PX-15), 130-ton oseanografi submersible penelitian awalnya dibangun di Swiss untuk bawah explorer terkenal dan ilmuwan Jacques Piccard dan paling terkenal digunakan pada 30 hari "misi drift" bersejarah di sepanjang timur pesisir Amerika Serikat pada tahun 1969. Selama masa museum, ia kembali ke universitas untuk melakukan gelar Ph.D. dalam arkeologi, menerima perbedaan pada tahun 2006 dari Simon Fraser University. Setelah lulus, ia diangkat sebagai Anggota Ajun Fakultas Departemen Arkeologi. Dari tahun 2001 sampai 2006, ia menjadi tuan rumah, dan arkeolog tim pada, National Geographic seri dokumenter populer buatan Kanada The Sea Hunters, yang menarik penonton lebih dari 200 juta orang di lebih dari 172 negara. Dia bekerja dengan novelis terkenal, pencerita dan kapal karam pemburu Clive Cussler, presenter seri, penyelam Master Mike dan Warren Fletcher, dan John Davis dari Eco-Nova Productions. [13] Pada tahun 2006, ia pindah ke Texas dan bergabung dengan Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) sebagai Direktur Eksekutif. Pada bulan April 2008, ia terpilih menjadi Presiden dan CEO organisasi arkeologi laut di seluruh dunia ini. [14] Pada bulan Oktober 2010, ia meninggalkan INA menjadi Direktur Maritime Heritage di Kantor Nasional Perlindungan Laut untuk National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration [15 ] di Washington, DC Ia mengkoordinasikan dan kadang-kadang mengawasi semua kegiatan warisan maritim di 14 unit dalam sistem NMS. Selama dua tahun pertamanya dengan NOAA, dia terlibat dalam pemetaan ekspedisi Titanic sebagai kepala ilmuwan, terus tahun-tahun studi Sipil era Perang, mutiara-diving Sub submersible Kelautan Explorer, berpartisipasi dalam kerja lapangan sementara reorganisasi dan memfokuskan program warisan maritim, dan dibimbing lima anak-anak SMA dari Saginaw, Michigan untuk Proyek Shiphunt. [16] Delgado memiliki daftar panjang sebutan profesional dan pelayanan publik, termasuk presiden dengan Dewan Amerika Maritime Museum, dan dia juga anggota dari beberapa organisasi seperti Institut Arkeologi Amerika dan The Explorers Club. Ia telah menulis lebih dari 100 artikel, termasuk Surat dari Bermuda : Rahasia Perang Saudara Shipwreck [17] dan A Pearl Discovery [18] dan memberikan kontribusi atau diedit lebih dari 33 buku, termasuk Diam Killers: Kapal selam dan Underwater Warfare, Nuklir Dawn: The Atomic Bomb Dari Proyek Manhattan untuk Perang Dingin , Gold Rush Port: The Maritime Archaeology of San Francisco Waterfront, dan dua best-seller internasional; Di seberang Top of the World: The Quest untuk Northwest Passage dan Lost Kapal Perang: Sebuah Arkeologi Tour of War at Sea. Dia telah menerima lima penghargaan bergengsi buku dan berbicara di seluruh dunia untuk ratusan kelompok dan organisasi termasuk sekolah tinggi kelas, kelompok universitas, ilmiah, arkeologi, dan organisasi bisnis dan merupakan dosen sering untuk Zegrahm ekspedisi dan Arkeologi Institute of America.