Archaeological Investigation and Remote Operated Vehicle Documentation: Confederate Commerce Raider CSS Alabama (Legacy 02-109)

Summary

This report presents a discussion of the diving operations, artifact recovery, and imaging of the CSS Alabama conducted in French waters in 2002. Efforts were hampered by technical and weather difficulties.

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Archaeological Investigation and Remote Operated Vehicle Documentation: Confederate Commerce Raider CSS Alabama (Legacy 02-109). ( tDAR id: 467979) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8467979

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Ceramic • Glass • Metal • Textile • Wood

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Shipwreck • Water-Related

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Heritage Management • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Archaeological Data Recovery • Archaeological Investigation • CSS Alabama • Shipwreck • Underwater Archaeology

Geographic Keywords
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France • Mobile, AL

Temporal Keywords
Civil War

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): OSD Cultural Resources Program

Prepared By(s): Institute for International Maritime Research, Inc.

Submitted To(s): Joint French American Scientific Committee for the CSS Alabama

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  1. Archaeological Investigation and Remote Operated Vehicle Documentation: Confederate Commerce Raider CSS Alabama - Report (Legacy 02-109) (2004)
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    This report presents a discussion of the diving operations, artifact recovery, and imaging of the CSS Alabama conducted in French waters in 2002. Efforts were hampered by technical and weather difficulties.