International Business Times: Civil War Shipwreck Unearthed In Surprising New 3-D Sonar Footage [VIDEO]

International Business Times

Civil War Shipwreck Unearthed In Surprising New 3-D Sonar Footage [VIDEO] Jan 19th 2013, 23:56 The iron-hulled USS Hatteras was the only U.S. Navy ship to sink in the Gulf of Mexico as a consequence of Civil War hostilities, but, 150 years after it slipped beneath the waves, it can finally be seen again -- and in high-resolution 3-D sonar images to boot. In a battle with the CSS Alabama, a Confederate raider, the 210-foot Hatteras was the clear loser, sinking about 20 miles off the coast of Galveston, Texas, on Jan. 11, 1863.

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