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The Delta Queen, a steamboat operated by Majestic America Line, will be retired after nearly eighty years of service. While the "Safety of Life at Sea Act" classified boats with wooden superstructures as fire hazards in 1966, the Delta Queen had been operating with an exemption from congress. Without the temporary exemption that expired November 1, 2008, the wooden steamboat will no longer cruise the Mississippi River.
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Few know exactly what occurred on November 7, 1915 between the German U-boat and the Italian-American passenger ship, the SS Ancona. All we know is that the U-boat sunk the vessel - sending 83 passengers, 12 barrels of gold and a silver shipment to their watery grave near Sardinia.
Until now, the site remained undisturbed at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. In 2007, Odyssey Marine Exploration believed it found the SS Ancona. It had used underwater sonar and a deep-sea robot (named Zeus) to inspect the site.
Odyssey publicized its discovery with two other shipwrecks, including the Spanish Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes (carrying a 17-ton cargo of silver and gold) in the "Black Swan" case. At this point, the Spanish government became very interested in all of Odyssey's discoveries.
United States Maritime Law awards the "salvor" with "possession" rights, but not ...
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Reader 'Angie' wrote in with questions about the 'Mystery ship' uncovered during recent hurricane, "Ike". Angie asked the following:
"I was just watching the video from NBC news about the mystery ship that was uncovered from hurricane Ike. I wonder who has ownership in a case like that? the state? federal govt? what if it really is a ship from the civil war? i wonder what the statues are on that?"
Yes, it most likely is a civil war ship. Local historians note that the wreckage is similar to a nearby wreckage of the Civil War-era Ivanhoe, a shipwreck that was found by researchers at FSU.
This shipwreck has surfaced previously during hurricane Ivan in 2004, however, not nearly as much of the wreckage was visible. After Ike, more of the wreckage reveals pipes and other features characteristic of steam ships ...
