American Marine Corporation began as a start-up, commercial diving business in the early 1970s called American Divers. Three young men were the core of the initial creation and expansion of American Divers, which incorporated in 1975 to become American Divers, Inc., headquartered in Hawaii at a small dive shop adjacent to the Honolulu Harbor.
- Pat Wolter was born and raised in France, moved to Hawaii and started American Divers, the first formal diving company in Hawaii to provide general commercial diving services, with a focus on marine construction projects in Hawaii.
- Robert Shahnazarian had come to Hawaii from New Jersey on a University of Hawaii swimming scholarship. It was his passion for the ocean that caught Pat Wolter’s attention and eventually led him to become Captain of the Company’s Vessel Fleet.
- Scott Vuillemot, starting from a young age, had been involved in offshore federal funded infrastructure projects in the Hawaiian Islands and was engaged as a Commercial diver working for marine construction companies. This career eventually led him to American Divers.
