The ''Oregon Files'' is a series of novels written by author

Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list ...

and several co-authors.

Craig Dirgo Craig Dirgo is an American author of techno thrillers and adventure novels, as well as non-fiction. He started off co-authoring with Clive Cussler on his non-fiction work. He soon moved to his own novels starring his character, John Taft, an age ...

was a co-writer for the first two titles,

Jack Du Brul Jack Du Brul (born October 15, 1968 in Burlington, Vermont) is an American author who writes techno-thriller novels. Early life Du Brul remained in Vermont throughout his childhood. He attended the Westminster School in Connecticut for grades 9 ...

was a co-writer for the next seven titles, Boyd Morrison took over as co-writer starting with book 10, and

Mike Maden Mike Maden (born 1960) is an American novelist. He is well known for the Jack Ryan Jr. novels, which are part of the Tom Clancy universe, as well as for the ''Drone'' series of techno-thrillers. Early life Maden was born and raised in Californ ...

writes the 16th book after Clive's passing. The books follow the mysterious "Corporation" and its leader Juan Cabrillo. The title of the series, "Oregon Files", comes from the name of the Corporation's ship, the ''Oregon''. The ship's name is based on the former name of the TS ''Empire State VI'', which originally had the name SS ''Oregon'' before entering into government service as a training ship for the

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Books

The crew of the ''Oregon'' first appeared in ''

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''. The main ''Oregon Files'' series consists of: *'' Golden Buddha'' (2003) *'' Sacred Stone'' (2004) *'' Dark Watch'' (2005) *''

Skeleton Coast The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast. The indigenous San p ...

'' (2006) *'' Plague Ship'' (2008) *''

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'' (2009) *''

The Silent Sea ''The Silent Sea'' is the seventh novel of Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. The hardcover edition was released March 9, 2010. Other editions were released on other dates. Like the rest of the series, this book details the exploits of the C ...

'' (2010) *''

The Jungle ''The Jungle'' is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair's primary purpose in describing the meat industry and its working conditions was to advance socialism in the United States. However, most readers wer ...

'' (2011) *''Mirage'' (2013) *''Piranha'' (2015) *''The Emperor's Revenge'' (2016) *''

Typhoon Fury ''Typhoon Fury'' is a novel by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, first published November 7, 2017. It is book 12 in the ''Oregon Files'' series. Plot Juan Cabrillo and the Oregon's crew are imperiled by Filipino communist guerrillas armed with ...

'' (2017) *''

Shadow Tyrants Shadow Tyrants is a novel by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison, first published September 11, 2018. It made it to The New York Times Best Seller list, topping out at the number two spot. Shadow Tyrants is book 13 in Cussler's The Oregon Files ser ...

'' (2018) *''Final Option'' (2019) *''Marauder'' (2020) *''Clive Cussler's Hellburner'' (2022)https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711922/clive-cusslers-untitled-oregon-files-16-by-mike-maden/

Overview

The ''Oregon'' is a high tech ship owned by a private secret service organization called 'the Corporation'. It is disguised as a rusty old tramp steamer. It mounts five cranes - three fore, two aft – only two of which are operational, one each fore and aft. To add to its appearance of authenticity, this disguise is highly detailed. This includes a fake mess hall, and a captain's cabin specially designed to be utterly repulsive, with features including specially designed chemicals to keep people away, a dysfunctional toilet, and depressing paintings of clowns on black velvet. In reality the ''Oregon'' is an extraordinarily sophisticated intelligence-gathering vessel with luxury facilities and top-of-the-line technical capabilities. It is equipped with a

moon pool A moon pool is a feature of marine drilling platforms, drillships and diving support vessels, some marine research and underwater exploration or research vessels, and underwater habitats, in which it is also known as a wet porch. It is an open ...

for launching two minisubs, an Olympic swimming pool (in one of its ballast tanks), state-of-the-art medical facilities, and powered by a pair of revolutionary

magnetohydrodynamic drive A magnetohydrodynamic drive or MHD accelerator is a method for propelling vehicles using only electric and magnetic fields with no moving parts, accelerating an electrically conductive propellant ( liquid or gas) with magnetohydrodynamics. The ...

s. It also uses an array of underwater vectored-thrusters to give it unparalleled maneuverability for a ship of its size. ''Dark Watch'' gives its dimensions as 560 feet long, with a 75-foot beam and a gross weight of 11,585 tons. The ''Oregon'' is also equipped with a suite of armaments that rivals most military capital ships, including: French-built

Exocet The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Etymology The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director ...

anti-ship missiles, two torpedo tubes below the waterline (firing Russian-made TEST-71 and later Type 53-65 torpedoes, though Cabrillo has stated he would have preferred American Mk48 ADCAP), 20 mm multibarrel Gatling-style

rotary cannons A rotary cannon, rotary autocannon, rotary gun or Gatling cannon, is any large-caliber multiple-barreled automatic firearm that uses a Gatling-type rotating barrel assembly to deliver a sustained saturational direct fire at much greater rate ...

(probably

M61 Vulcan The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). The M61 and its ...

s) mounted behind steel plates on its hull, and an array of

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M60 machine gun The M60, officially the Machine Gun, Caliber 7.62 mm, M60, is a family of American general-purpose machine guns firing 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges from a disintegrating belt of M13 links. There are several types of ammunition approved for ...

s concealed in dummy oil barrels welded onto her deck (affectionately known as their

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repellents) that are all remotely operated with the most sophisticated

fire-control system A fire-control system (FCS) is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director, and radar, which is designed to assist a ranged weapon system to target, track, and hit a target. It performs the same task as a ...

s. As well as these, the Oregon carries Russian-built cruise missiles of an unspecified type, a 40 mm

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autocannon (later replaced by a

Metal Storm Metal Storm Limited was a research and development company based in Brisbane, Australia, that specialized in electronically initiated superposed load weapons technology and owned the proprietary rights to the electronic ballistics technolog ...

gun system), and at least one

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of a similar type to that of the

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tank. Most novels talk about the 120 mm in the singular, however ''Dark Watch'' states that it has two – one on each side of the hull. The ship's control center, located deep within its hull, is said to have the feel of the starship ''

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'', including a large, central command chair in which Cabrillo sits when on the bridge, which is colloquially referred to as "The

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Chair".

Characters

Corporation members

Executive officers

*Juan Cabrillo: Chairman of The Corporation. Formerly a

CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...

operative under Langston Overholt IV. *Max Hanley: President of The Corporation/chief engineer. Formerly in the

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

. *Linda Ross: Vice President of The Corporation replacing Richard Truitt, previously Security and Surveillance Specialist. Formerly an intelligence officer aboard a US Navy Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser.

Current crew members

(In alphabetical order) *George "Gomez" Adams: Helicopter pilot. Former

US Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

160th SOAR The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), abbreviated as 160th SOAR (A), is a special operations force of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for special operations forces. Its missions have include ...

. *Rick Barrett: Assistant chef. *Monica Crabtree: Supply and logistics coordinator. *Chuck "Tiny" Gunderson: Chief pilot, fixed wing. *Michael Halpert: Finance and accounting. *Cliff Hornsby: General operations. *Julia Huxley: Medical officer. Formerly the senior medical officer at the US Naval base in San Diego. *Pete Jones: General operations. *Hali Kasim: Communications/general operations. *Larry King: Sniper/general operations. Former

1st SFOD Delta. *Franklin "Linc" Lincoln: Head of general operations. Formerly a

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. *Marion "MacD" MacDougall Lawless III: General operations replacing Jerry Pulaski. *Raven Malloy: Shore operations. First appears in book 12,

. *Judy Michaels: Pilot. *Mark Murphy: Shipboard weapons and technology specialist/general operations. *Kevin Nixon: Magic shop specialist. *Jim O'Neill: General operations. *Tracy Pilson: Pilot, amphibious plane. *Sam Pryor: Propulsion engineer. *Gunther Reinholt: Propulsion engineer. *Eddie Seng: Director of shore operations/security and surveillance specialist replacing Linda Ross. Formerly a

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then

operative. *Eric Stone: Control room operator/general operations/chief helmsman. *Maurice: Chief steward. Formerly of the

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Retired crew members

(In alphabetical order) *Carl Gannon: General operations. *Bob Meadows: General operations. *Richard Truitt: Vice president of The Corporation.

Deceased crew members

*Jerry Pulaski: General operations. *Mike Trono: General operations/helicopter pilot in training. Former US Air Force Pararescue. *Tom Reyes: General operations.

Antagonists

* Golden Buddha:

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, Stanley Ho, Ling Po, Marcus Friday, Winston Spencer * Sacred Stone: Aleimain Al-Khalifa, Halifax Hickman * Dark Watch: Anton Savich, Shere Singh *

: Congolese Army of Revolution, Daniel Singer * Plague Ship: Responsivists, Zelimir Kovac, Thom Severance, Adam Jenner (a.k.a. Lydell Cooper, Ernst Kessler) *

: Unnamed terrorist leader (alias Suleiman Al-Jama) *

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

, Argentinian 9th Brigade, Phillipe Espinoza, Jorge Espinoza, Raul Jiminez *

: John Smith (a.k.a. Abdul Mohammed), Gunawan Bahar,

Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremism, Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arab, Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military ta ...

of the East, a

quantum computer Quantum computing is a type of computation whose operations can harness the phenomena of quantum mechanics, such as superposition, interference, and entanglement. Devices that perform quantum computations are known as quantum computers. Though ...

Mirage A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French ''(se) mirer'', from the Latin ''mirari'', meanin ...

: Pytor Kenin *

Piranha A piranha or piraña (, , or ; or , ) is one of a number of freshwater fish in the family Serrasalmidae, or the subfamily Serrasalminae within the tetra family, Characidae in order Characiformes. These fish inhabit South American rivers, ...

: Admiral Dayana Ruiz, The Doctor (a.k.a. Lawrence Kensit) * The Emperor's Revenge: Sergey Golov *

: Salvador Locsin *

Nine Unknown Men ''The Nine Unknown'' is a 1923 novel by Talbot Mundy. Originally serialised in ''Adventure'' magazine, it concerns the Nine Unknown Men, a secret society founded to preserve and develop knowledge that would be dangerous to humanity if it fell in ...

Final Option The ''Oregon Files'' is a series of novels written by author Clive Cussler and several co-authors. Craig Dirgo was a co-writer for the first two titles, Jack Du Brul was a co-writer for the next seven titles, Boyd Morrison took over as co-write ...

: Zachariah Tate *

Marauder Marauder, marauders, The Marauder, or The Marauders may refer to: * A person engaged in banditry or related activity ** Piracy ** Looting ** Outlaw ** Partisan (military) ** Robbery ** Theft Entertainment * ''Marauder'', the second novel in the ' ...

: April Jinh, Angus Polk and Lu Yang

Others

*Langston Overholt IV:

officer who funnels jobs to the Corporation and provides covert information *Fiona Katamora:

United States Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

*St. Julien Perlmutter: Scholar with expertise on the marine history on nearly three hundred thousand ships and shipwrecks

References

External links

The Oregon Files
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Oregon Files American novel series Novel series Novels by Clive Cussler