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 a television series on underwater exploration called "The Seahunters" on which you can see the discovery and subsequent removal and conseravation. The show also faetures a number of other shipwrecks in various international locations.
Trustees
The NUMA Advisory Board of Trustees.
* Deceased
Current list of expeditions
- ACTEON
- U.S.S. AKRON
- C.S.S. ALABAMA
- ALEXANDER NEVSKI
- C.S.S. ARKANSAS
- BLUCHER
- 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
- 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
- U.S.S. HOUSATONIC
- C.S.S. HUNLEY
- INVINCIBLE
- H.M.S. INVINCIBLE
- IVANHOE
- JAMESTOWN
- U.S.S. KEOKUK
- LEOPOLDVILLE
- 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
- U.S.S. OSAGE
- C.S.S. PALMETTO STATE
- U.S.S. PATAPSCO
- H.M.S. PATHFINDER
- U.S.S. PHILLIPE
- PLATT VALLEY
- RACCOON
- RATTLESNAKE
- RESOLUTION
- C.S.S. RICHMOND
- RUBY
- S-25
- SAINT PATRICK
- SAVANNA
- H.M.S SHARK
- STONEWALL JACKSON
- SULTANA
- SWAMP ANGEL
- TORPEDO RAFT
- TWIN SISTERS
- U-12
- U-20
- U-21
- V-48
- U.S.S. VARUNA
- C.S.S. VIRGINIA II
- VIRGINIA NAVY FLEET SUNK BY BENEDICT ARNOLD
- U.S.S. WEEHAWKEN
- WHITE BIRD
- WARATAH
- WEISBADEN
- ZAVALA
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