title: Lost Treasure Ships of the Oregon Coast
author:  Theodore Schellhase 
description: Theodore Schellhase enjoys hiking and beach combing along the Oregon Coast. He studies maritime history of the Pacific Northwest.
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  Dear Readers,  
  
    
  
    
  
  A few years ago, while I was writing Flood Tide, I realized that Dirk Pitt
  needed some help on a particular assignment, and so I dreamed up Juan
  Cabrillo.  
  
    
  
  Cabrillo ran a ship called the Oregon, on the outside completely nondescript,
  but on the inside packed with state-of-the-art intelligence-gathering
  equipment. It was a completely private enterprise, available for any
  government agency that could afford it. It went where no warship could go,
  transported secret cargo without suspicion, plucked data out of the air--it
  was the perfect complement to NUMA.  
  
    
  
  In fact, I had so much fun writing about the Oregon and its rakish, one-legged
  chief that I was sorry to see it sail off when its task was done. I promised
  myself I'd find a way to bring them back some day-- and here, I am pleased to
  say, they are. Golden Buddha is the first in a new series about Juan
  Cabrillo's merry men (and women!), and I hope you get as much of a kick
  reading about t