Donster Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Army engineers to raise, preserve Confederate warship in multimillion dollar effort on the Savannah River Confederate troops scuttled the ironclad CSS Georgia to prevent its capture by Gen. William T. Sherman when his Union troops took Savannah in December 1864. It's been on the river bottom ever since. Maybe the Govt. should hire professionals to raise the ship. Anything the Govt. touches turns out to be a cluster fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizkid Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 And twice as expensive! Army engineers to raise, preserve Confederate warship in multimillion dollar effort on the Savannah River Confederate troops scuttled the ironclad CSS Georgia to prevent its capture by Gen. William T. Sherman when his Union troops took Savannah in December 1864. It's been on the river bottom ever since. Maybe the Govt. should hire professionals to raise the ship. Anything the Govt. touches turns out to be a cluster fuck. And twice as expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Maybe the Ladies' Gunboat Association can pick up the tab, since they were responsible for the thing in the first place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Looks like a shovel ready job to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Maybe the Govt. should hire professionals to raise the ship. The Army Corps of Engineers were always a pretty professional lot.......has that changed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted May 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 The Army Corps of Engineers were always a pretty professional lot.......has that changed ? Somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 The corps of engineers has gone through a cycle of poor engineering. Since the levee failures in New Orleans, I think they have been working much harder to restore their good reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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