Underwater Cultural Resources Management (Legacy 98-1725)

Summary

This project funded management plans for shipwrecks in South Carolina and Virginia.

Cite this Record

Underwater Cultural Resources Management (Legacy 98-1725). ( tDAR id: 468017) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8468017

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): OSD Cultural Resources Program

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Documents

  1. A Historic Archaeological Resources Protection Plan and Geographic Information System for Shipwrecks in Virginia Waters Under the Jurisdiction of the United States Navy - Report (Legacy 98-1725) (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Gordon Watts.

    The territorial waters of Virginia contain several thousand historically significant shipwrecks from over 400 years of occupation and development by Europeans. This GIS and HARP are tools to effectively protect and manage these resources by locating and assessing submerged shipwreck resources that could be impacted by development and other activities.

  2. A Management Plan for Known and Potential United States Navy Shipwrecks in South Carolina - Report (Legacy 98-1725) (2004)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph Beatty. Lynn Harris. Carleton Naylor. Mark Ragan.

    This report builds on a multi-year effort to 1) compile historic and cultural data of U.S. Navy vessels lost in South Carolina waters to document the losses and subsequent wreck history of each vessel, which was used to update the Naval Historical Center's database of shipwrecks, and 2) conduct remote sensing operations on a limited number of shipwreck sites and areas of naval activities, primarily from the Civil War. A detailed inventory was produced, and the document includes a brief history...