Back on July 12th, I posted the first part of the story from Kathy Warnes of Suite 101 from June 17th.
It's about time I get back to it.
The original gun carriage had completely rotted away. Mobile's Public Buildings department built a replacement using the original plans for the carriage dated May 1862.
Cruising from 1862 to 1864, the Alabama claimed more than sixty prizes valued at more than $6 million. Then came the battle with the USS Kearsarge that resulted in the sinking of the Confederate cruiser.
On October 30, 1984, the French mine hunter ship Circe discovered the wreck in 200 feet of water off the coast of Cherbourg. It is in French waters, but the US laid claim to it as a spoil of war. In 1989, the two countries signed an agreement that the ship was important to the heritage of both countries and that cooperation would be the name of the game.
More to Come. Hopefully Not So Late. --Old B-Runner
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