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Confederate Warship, Weapons Recovered from Georgia River
Yahoo ^ | 8/18/15 | Elizabeth Goldbaum

Posted on 08/18/2015 12:08:52 PM PDT by Kartographer

The armored husk of a Confederate warship is being raised out of the depths of a Georgia river, 150 years after the ship's crew deliberately sunk it.

Government officials are pulling approximately 250,000 lbs. (113,000 kilograms) of the warship CSS Georgia's armored siding — the ship's skeleton — from the Savannah River.

Crews are raising the Civil War-era ship's remains in 10,000-lb. (4,500 kg) chunks that measure about 4 feet tall by 24 feet wide (1.2 by 7.3 meters). The siding is the last major ship part remaining in the water; Navy divers began retrieving the ship's unexploded shells, cannons and other artifacts in late June. [See photos of the CSS Georgia's recovery]

"The historical significance is evident in everything we do," Jason Potts, the U.S. Navy's on-scene commander, said on Aug. 12, the Associated Press reported.

Officials decided to remove the sunken ship before the start of a joint state and federal project to deepen the Savannah River's shipping channel from 42 feet to 47 feet (12.8 to 14.3 m). The channel deepening will allow giant cargo shipsto more easily enter the Savannah port, according to the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: cssgeorgia; dixie; georgia; godsgravesglyphs; militaryhistory; savannahriver
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To: BenLurkin
Looks to be basically the same design as The Merrimac.

Yes, same concept. The problem was the power plant was underpowered and it couldn't build up enough speed to sally out and engage in battle. So, they anchored it in the river and used it as a battery to protect the fort and city from Union ships attempting to sail up the river. Sherman's arrival broke up that party.

21 posted on 08/18/2015 1:56:51 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: central_va

Yeah, they burned down the Margret Mitchell house once (twice ?) in Atlanta just before the 1996 Olympics.


22 posted on 08/18/2015 2:29:45 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: BenLurkin

The Confederate States Navy patterned all of its ironclad rams after CSS VIRGINIA.

The United States Navy patterned all of its ironclad gunboats after USS MONITOR.

Both designs “worked” after a fashion.


23 posted on 08/18/2015 2:33:57 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: Kartographer
How long before they make then throw it back into the river?

Just as soon as they find any Confederate Insignia on it.

24 posted on 08/18/2015 3:13:18 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Kartographer

...the ship’s crew deliberately sunk it.

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I suspect that they actually sank it.


25 posted on 08/18/2015 3:14:01 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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26 posted on 08/18/2015 4:18:41 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Let Baal plead for Baal because one has destroyed his altar!)
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To: Kartographer

Weapons recovered? Looks like someone really did have a ‘boating accident’.


27 posted on 08/18/2015 4:36:18 PM PDT by zeugma (Zaphod Beeblebrox for president!)
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To: steve8714
Why do these morons feel the need to give us the metric system units?

I know, right. This is America and the metric system failed in the 80's when they tried to shove that down our throats then. Maybe they are trying to sound worldly and smart or something.
28 posted on 08/18/2015 4:41:54 PM PDT by ForAmerica (Texas Conservative Christian *born again believer in Jesus Christ* Black Man!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

It’s unfortunate that they scuttled the Merrimac -it along with the Hunley rank among the most significant advancements in naval warfare in modern history.


29 posted on 08/18/2015 4:41:57 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: BenLurkin

IIRC ‘Merrimac’ is the name of the ship when it was a US Navy frigate. The US Navy scuttled it at Norfolk, the Confederate Navy raised it and rebuilt it as the ironclad ‘Virginia’.


30 posted on 08/18/2015 7:00:58 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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31 posted on 08/18/2015 7:45:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
U.S.S. Monitor battles C.S.S. Virginia
32 posted on 08/18/2015 9:52:26 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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