Recipe for Conservation - Inerting <em>CSS Georgia's</em> Munitions
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A team of engineers and technicians spent two months inerting 170 Dahlgren and 6.4-inch Brooke projectiles that Navy divers recovered from the <em>CSS Georgia</em> this summer.
USACE, Savannah District
Nov 27, 2015
Mechanized Recovery of <em>CSS Georgia</em>
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Mechanized Recovery of <em>CSS Georgia</em>, by Jeremy Buddemeier, USACE, Savannah District. The mechanized portion is one of the final phases of the <em>CSS Georgia’s</em> recovery that will remove the ironclad prior to deepening the Savannah harbor. Workers use a five-finger grapple and clamshell scoop to raise material from the river bottom that was either too heavy or buried during previous phases of the recovery. After the objects are deposited onto the barge, a team of archaeologists sifts through the muddy mess using rakes, shovels and fire hoses, spraying the excess through grates on the side of the barge. In addition to several sections of casemate and an unexpected 9,000-pound Dahlgren cannon, archaeologists have recovered a sword hilt, gold-guilded buttons from uniforms, intact bottles and ceramics, and personal items like shoes and a belt buckle. Archaeologists expect to complete mechanized recovery phase by the first week in November, and will continue conservation efforts at Texas A&M University’s Conservation Research Laboratory.
Jeremy Buddemeier, USACE, Savannah District
Diver January 2015 Raw Footage
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Stephen James helps diver adjust helmet.
USACE, Savannah District
Navy Divers Suiting Up on Dive Barge
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Navy Divers Suiting Up on Dive Barge. B Roll Footage, Composite.
USACE, Savannah District. Michael Jordan, Cosmos Mariner Productions.
Drone Footage Captures <em>CSS Georgia</em> Recovery Activity.
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Drone Footage Captures <em>CSS Georgia</em> Recovery Activity. DVIDS. This drone footage was taken from Old Fort Jackson where the Civil War Ironclad <em>CSS Georgia</em> is currently being recovered adjacent to the fort from the barge in the Savannah River. The imagery was captured during the “<em>CSS Georgia</em> ‘Raise the Wreck!’ Festival,” a public event held July 25, 2015 at Old Fort Jackson in Savannah, Ga. More than 1,300 people attended this free event. The festival highlighted the ongoing recovery of the <em>CSS Georgia</em>, and its history. Underwater archeology is currently taking place in the river where the vessel was scuttled, and where the barge in this video is positioned. About the <em>CSS Georgia</em>: The historical vessel was an ironclad gunboat built in Savannah for the Confederacy in 1862. The vessel was used as a floating battery anchored at Fort Jackson to protect the City of Savannah from a Union naval approach. Confederate troops scuttled the vessel in December 1864 during the approach of General William T. Sherman's Union troops.
USACE, Savannah District
8/6/2015
Barge Tour
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<em>CSS Georgia</em> Raising, by Michael Jordan (Cosmos Mariner Productions), USACE, Savannah District. DVIDS. The <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival on July 25, 2015 in Savannah, Georgia, showing diver activity on the <em>CSS Georgia</em> Civil War ironclad shipwreck and related commentary. Underwater archaeologists and Navy divers are currently documenting and raising portions of this wreck as part of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The <em>CSS Georgia</em> was constructed in 1862 with funding from the Ladies Gunboat Association and scuttled by Confederate troops in December 1864 in advance of Union Major General William Sherman's taking of Savannah.
USACE, Savannah District. Michael Jordan, Cosmos Mariner Productions.
8/6/2015
Side Scan Sonar
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
Dean et al. Panamerican Consultants, Inc.
8/5/2015
Sequential Photos of Leg Irons
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
8/5/2015
Parker Brooks in Field Lab
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
Chelsea G. Smith
8/5/2015
Panamerican Diver
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
Chelsea Smith
8/5/2015
Navy Divers With Old Fort Jackson in the Background
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two
8/5/2015
Multibeam Sonar
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
Dean et al. Panamerican Consultants, Inc.
8/5/2015
Military's and Archaeologists' Computer
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
8/5/2015
Jim Jobling Two Separate Eyes for Tackle
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
Jeremy S. Buddemeier
8/5/2015
Jim Duff and Trunnion Cap
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
8/5/2015
CSS Georgia Propeller Raised from the Savannah River
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<em>CSS Georgia</em> Propeller Raised from the Savannah River, by Michael Jordan, (Cosmos Mariner Productions) USACE, Savannah District. DVIDS. US Navy salvage divers raised the bent, encrusted propeller of the Civil War ironclad warship <em>CSS Georgia</em> from the bottom of the Savannah River in Savannah, GA Friday, July 24th, 2015. The remains of the 150-year-old shipwreck are being recovered to facilitate the deepening of the river by the US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District. Navy divers recovered three of the <em>CSS Georgia's</em> cannons earlier this week.
USACE, Savannah District. Michael Jordan, Cosmos Mariner Productions.
8/5/2015
Civil War Cannons Recovered in Savannah River
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Civil War Cannons Recovered in Savannah River, by Michael Jordan, (Cosmos Mariner Productions) USACE, Savannah District. DVIDS. US Navy salvage and EOD divers recover four historic cannons from the wreck of the Civil War ironclad warship <em>CSS Georgia</em> in the Savannah River in Savannah, GA.
USACE, Savannah District. Michael Jordan, Cosmos Mariner Productions.
8/5/2015
Raising The Big Guns
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Raising the Big Guns, by Jeremy Buddemeier, USACE, Savannah District. DVIDS.Navy divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6 recover the first of four cannons from the <em>CSS Georgia</em>, July 15. The divers will also remove larger objects, such as the armored "casemate" and propulsion equipment before the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project moves into the next phase.
USACE, Savannah District. Jeremy Buddemeier
8/5/2015
Divers and Cannon
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
8/5/2015
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Diver and Prep Team
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Images pulled from USACE & DVIDS public domain & used in display in <em>CSS Georgia</em> 'Raise the Wreck!' Festival
8/5/2015
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