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Sonny Wintzell and the Tecumseh Seek Salvage
MOBILE Ala Sonny Wintzell a seafood restaurant owner pursues reclaiming the Civil War ironclad Tecumseh sunk in Mobile Bay in 1864 He argues the ship lies 32 feet down and could become a major tourist draw but the Navy and Smithsonian claim title and a long dispute follows Wintzell funds and hopes to raise the wreck while leasing bay land for access and planning a future salvage boat.
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Mobile
Ala
Sonny Wintzell
Wintzell
Somiy
Mobile Bay
Sonny
Adm
David Farragut
Fort Morgan
Farragut
Navy
Congress
Wintzells
Bayou
Barry
James Oliver Wintzell Sr
Dauphin Street
Ollie Wintzell
Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
U.S. Navy
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
Tecumseh
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California
Florida
Milwaukee