Wife and I spent the week end in Vicksburg Mississippi. Thought I would share a cpl of pix of the USS Cairo at the Vicksburg National Military park. If ever you get the chance this place is a must see!!!! Enjoy.
Theres a museum there that contains all the things found along with the boat. Amazing all the stuff that was preserved. They pulled this thing out of the muddy Mississippi River. I think it was around 1976 or so. Most of it has been put back together and a bunch of laminated beams hold it all together.