NOAA Ocean Exploration supports research expeditions to explore previously unvisited areas of the ocean. We provide partnership coordination, funding, staff, tools, and expertise needed to develop mission plans that deliver rigorous, systematic observations and documentation of biological, chemical, physical, geological, and archaeological aspects of the ocean.
From April 22 to May 14, 2023, researchers searched for, investigated, and documented remains of the World War II (WWII) Battle for Saipan’s underwater battlefield, including aircraft and amphibious vehicles.
The 1944 U.S. victory over Japan in the Battle for Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands was the largest U.S. amphibious invasion in the Pacific theater at the time and a decisive moment for WWII in the Pacific. Today, the landing beaches for the invasion are part of a U.S. National Historic Landmark District (Landing Beaches, Aslito/Isely Field and Marpi Point, Saipan Island).
Della Scott-Ireton, Ph.D., has a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and a master’s degree in historical archaeology University of West Florida. She also has a master’s degree in international relations from Troy University, and a doctoral degree in anthropology from Florida State University. Della is certified as a scuba instructor with the National Association of Underwater Instructors. She worked with the Pensacola Shipwreck Survey, West Florida Historic Preservation, Inc., Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research, and the government of the Cayman Islands before joining the Florida Public Archaeology Network. Della is the interim associate dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at the University of West Florida. Della is a registered professional archaeologist and member of the Florida Archaeological Council and has served on the board of the Society for Historical Archaeology, the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology, and the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. Her research interests include public interpretation of maritime heritage and training and engaging "citizen scientists" in archaeological methods and practices. She is the author of "Maritime Historic Site Management for the Public" in the Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (Springer, 2014) and is editor/co-editor of several publications focused on public interpretation and management of submerged heritage sites. Della is the recipient of the 2015 Florida Department of State Senator Bob Williams Award for Public Service in Historic Preservation in Florida.
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Ships of Discovery is a publicly-funded non-profit research and educational organization established in 1989. Initially created to investigate the earliest period of European exploration of the New World (1492-1550).
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