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To: Savage Beast

“It seems to me that the corrosive effects of the ocean would have destroyed all hardware long ago”

Cold seawater lacking oxygen is not corrosive.


81 posted on 05/20/2020 9:08:56 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator
Cold seawater lacking oxygen is not corrosive.

Exactly. The hull is not technically rusting away, it is being eaten by microbes. The equipment and artifacts inside are in remarkably good condition for the most part.

95 posted on 05/20/2020 9:32:36 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
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To: TexasGator
"Cold seawater lacking oxygen is not corrosive."

I didn't know that. Thanks!

174 posted on 05/20/2020 2:12:59 PM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, praying for guidance, giving his salary to charity, is on the Side of the Angels.)
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