THere were similar issues w/ the Bertrand, a Steamer that sank in 1865 but that was not in salt water... I can't even imagine the expertise, work and dedication that goes into such work.
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Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour | 
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