Shipwreck (G.I. Joe)

Shipwreck
G.I. Joe character
Original Hasbro card art
First appearance	1985
Voiced by	Neil Ross (Sunbow/Marvel) Carlos Alazraqui (Renegades)
Information
Affiliation	G.I. Joe
Specialty	Sailor (1985-1994) Navy SEAL (1994-present)
File name	Delgado, Hector X.
Birth place	Chula Vista, CA
SN	924-92-5456
Rank	E-7 Chief Petty Officer (1985) E-8 Senior Chief Petty Officer (Comic Series)

Shipwreck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of toys, cartoons and comics. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow/Marvel cartoon series in 1984, and later produced as an action figure, and finally introduced into the comic book in 1985.

His real name is Hector X. Delgado, and he was born in Chula Vista, California. Shipwreck grew up near the San Diego Navy Yards and enlisted in the Navy at sixteen after getting permission from his parents. In the two-part Sunbow episode "There's No Place Like Springfield," he revealed he lied about being the minimum age of seventeen in order to join.

Shipwreck graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Gunnery School, and is a qualified expert with the M-14, M-16, Browning .50 cal., 20mm Oerlikon AA gun, and the M1911A1 Auto Pistol. He served time at Gitmo before moving on to carrier operations in the Middle East, and participating in patrolling actions in the Mekong Delta and Yokosuka.

Shipwreck dislikes the use of "gadgets" in war. "See the target, shoot the target" is his philosophy.

It has been speculated that his appearance was based on that of George Harrison. Although his voice in the cartoon and the fact that he is a naval seaman indicates that he is based on Jack Nicholson's character from the film "The Last Detail". He has a pet parrot named Polly-(voiced by Frank Welker & Neil Ross) who is his loyal companion and is usually seen sitting on his shoulder or helping out with the G.I Joe team on some of their missions; in the series Polly would often repeat commands, as well as nautical terms. Polly learned a sailing song from Shipwreck, and was prone to including Shipwreck's name in them, because of Polly's irritating behavior, Shipwreck would sometimes leave him back home while away on missions; in a dream sequence Polly dreams about being the leader of the P.E.T.S. (Primal Emergency Tactical Squad), which is a sub-team of G.I. Joe composed of all the Joe's pets. In the dream, they save Shipwreck from Crystal Ball.