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Divers Uncover Secrets of a Confederate Vessel
WTVM ^
| 27 July 2003
Posted on 07/27/2003 7:55:35 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
Scuba divers may soon uncover the secrets of the CSS Georgia, a mysterious ship buried off the coast of Georgia since the Civil War.
The divers are exploring the CSS Georgia as the US. Army Corps of Engineers studies for a proposed river-deepening project.
The project could result in discoveries about the CSS Georgia, one of the Confederacy's earliest ironclad naval vessels.
Divers will continue their work over the next five or six weeks. The ship is largely unknown even to experts.
No one can say for sure exactly how long it was. No formal building plans have survived. Extensive searches of historical records haven't turned up much contemporary information.
It sits in pieces, buried in silt under 40 feet of water.
Scott Smith, director of the Coastal Heritage Society, says the vessel was "unique in design and construction." He says the Georgia may rank among the 10 most historically important shipwrecks in US. waters.
If the divers find significant remnants, the project could lead to a multi-million-dollar recovery of all or part of the old wreck.
The Army Corps of Engineers has paid $375,000 for the archaeological study. That will be a prelude to a proposed river-deepening project that would enable Savannah's port to handle the world's biggest and newest cargo ships.
The Corps has set aside $13 million for a potential recovery effort.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: confederate; cssgeorgia; dixie; dixielist; godsgravesglyphs; navy; ship
To: *dixie_list; Gianni; azhenfud; annyokie; SCDogPapa; thatdewd; canalabamian; Sparta; treesdream; ...
Good work divers!
To: stainlessbanner
Slowly these ships and their men are coming home. God will vindicate...
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posted on
07/27/2003 8:11:47 PM PDT
by
wasp69
(Remember, Uday in Pig Latin is DU)
To: stainlessbanner
"The Corps has set aside $13 million for a potential recovery effort."
Interesting, but sounds like a lot of money.
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posted on
07/27/2003 8:23:01 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: stainlessbanner
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posted on
07/27/2003 8:25:42 PM PDT
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: stainlessbanner
Excellent! This site will probably produce artifacts of great historical value.
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posted on
07/27/2003 8:27:59 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: billbears
Your first link is it. The second link is a different ship.
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posted on
07/27/2003 8:46:00 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: nuconvert
Unfortunatly to the feds it's pocket change.
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posted on
07/27/2003 9:37:16 PM PDT
by
Valin
(America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.)
To: Sparta
TAG! You're it.
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posted on
07/27/2003 9:37:56 PM PDT
by
Valin
(America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.)
To: PAR35
Sorry my bad. Just searched CSS Georgia and posted the first two links without looking at the second
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posted on
07/27/2003 9:43:03 PM PDT
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice)
To: stainlessbanner
Thankd God for their service. May they be brought home to finally rest-in-peace. Deo vindice.
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posted on
07/28/2003 4:45:12 AM PDT
by
4CJ
(Dims, living proof that almost everywhere, villages are missing their idiot.)
To: stainlessbanner
one of the Confederacy's earliest ironclad naval vesselsIt is a symbol of hate. They should leave at the bottom of the ocean.
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posted on
07/28/2003 4:52:21 AM PDT
by
Flyer
(Recognize sarcasm when you see it)
To: stainlessbanner
Good for the Corps! They spend a lot of our money, and louse up a lot of waterways, but they have good intentions.
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posted on
07/28/2003 5:01:05 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Ex-Corps of Engineers employee ...)
To: stainlessbanner
"
No formal building plans have survived."
Prolly courtesy the arsonist W.T. Sherman.
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posted on
07/28/2003 5:36:04 AM PDT
by
azhenfud
To: Flyer
Morning Flyer, I'm sure a few won't read the tag line. :-)
To: RikaStrom
Good morning E. I was going to use the </sarcasm>, but I figured it was obvious.
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posted on
07/28/2003 5:44:48 AM PDT
by
Flyer
(No one reads tag lines)
To: stainlessbanner
!!!!!
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posted on
07/28/2003 7:24:21 AM PDT
by
stand watie
(Resistence to tyrants is obedience to God. -Thomas Jefferson)
To: stainlessbanner
Bump!
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posted on
07/28/2003 7:14:04 PM PDT
by
thatdewd
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posted on
11/13/2010 8:11:32 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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posted on
11/13/2010 8:14:06 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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