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| Spencer Puett prepares for dive (U.S. Navy) |
A team of
Navy divers has recovered about 100 pieces of unexploded ordnance and munitions
on the bottom of the Savannah River at the CSS Georgia wreck site – a number higher
than what archaeologists first expected.
Navy
officials expect dozens more will be lifted from the Confederate ironclad’s
grave in Savannah this month before they remove remaining cannon, pieces of
casemate, the propeller and other components of the warship.
The recovery operation,
which includes previous artifact removal by divers contracted by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, is part of a larger project to deepen the river channel to
carry containers vessels to and from the Georgia city without being dependent
on the tide.
“I’m just
really proud of my sailors, and we are all very proud to work on this piece of
history,” diving and salvage commander Chief Warrant Officer Jason Potts said
in a Navy article.
The CSS
Georgia was scuttled in December 1864 to prevent it from falling into Union
hands.
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