Navy Divers work to raise Confederate ship from river in Georgia

[Tnmountains]

WTVC NewsChannel 9 :: News - Top Stories - Navy Divers to Help Raise Confederate Warship Artifacts

 

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[Smithbrown]

Update on progress on the recovery:
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Massive-artifact-retrieval-from-sunken-6299657.php

 

[Smithbrown]

Update on the recently recovered artefacts from CSS Georgia
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/168065/divers-continue-unveil-little-shards-life-css-georgia#.VY0JU7BwaUk

 

[TreasureCDave]

WTVC NewsChannel 9 :: News - Top Stories - Navy Divers to Help Raise Confederate Warship Artifacts

The link doesn't work on my end.

 

[MPH200]

The link doesn't work on my end.

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/16806...l-little-shards-life-css-georgia#.VY1TIpMo45t

 

[TreasureCDave]

Yup, that one works ... the op's link was the one that doesn't

 

[Sharecropper]

Well with all the crap going on about the Confederate flag, they might as well re-sink that sucker before somebody files a complaint. By the way, I have been saving all my Confederate money in preparation for the day when the South shall rise again! I have had just about all the political-correctness I can stand!

 

[Smithbrown]

Update: Confederatecannon raised from the CSS Georgia
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/news/state/cannon-from-confederate-ironclad-pulled-from-savannah-river/article_3f8d3fec-2c85-11e5-835f-e78b6ae294dd.html

 

[Salvor6]

I wish they would show a picture of the cannon. Smithbrown do you have a pic of the other two cannons they recovered?

 

[Smithbrown]

Here's a selection of relevant websites, although I warn you, some are stronger on barnacles than artillery:
http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/hrmilitary-blog/dp-css-georgia-salvage-post.html
http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-07-15/video-first-cannon-css-georgia-recovery-pulled-wreckage-savannah-river
http://deadconfederates.com/2012/05/14/c-s-s-georgia-to-be-excavated/
https://markerhunter.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/guns-of-the-css-georgia/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2983174/Artifacts-emerge-Civil-War-gunship-sitting-bottom-Georgia-river-never-firing-shot.html

 

[Smithbrown]

Here's some more information on the most recent find; it's a 9 inch Dahlgren : U.S. Navy divers bring up Civil War cannons - CNN.com

 

[Smithbrown]

Update- cannon arrive at Texas A&M for conservation: Cannons From Civil War Ship Arrive At Texas A&M For Conservation

 

[Smithbrown]

cannon no 5 raised:
Archaeologists recover cannon from sunken Confederate ship

 

[Salvor6]

Thanks for the update Smithbrown.

 

[itzyoboyandrew]

Lol, i live like 30-45min from that exact river :P
going there today in a few hours actually. #StaySouthern

 

[Citiboy289]

Just to add some prospective to the story , This is the Savannaha River today --- The container ships come up a narrow gap and turn to where the river passes River Street , as you can see it is very narrow there and all along the way The location of the wreck I beleive is just to the rear of the pictured ship about 1000 feet away by the statue of THE WAVING GIRL. From all the historical tours I have been on there that was the suspected location.
Looking at the picture where the people are standing was under water during the CW and was built up over the years from ships balast ect We are heading back there in Nov I will try to get some pictures of the location or the turn where it was suspected to be

 

[joe frog]

The navy is doing a great job and money is no object as its just taxpayers dollars being used. The salvage of those artifacts will end up in a government warehouse for sure never to be see again. I wished the private sector could have done the work and if that happened those artifacts would have gone up for sale and auctioned off.