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Confederate shipCROWNSVILLE lt;AP) - Pieces of a once-feared Confederate commerce raider lie submerged in containers oi de-ioiuzea waier ai a state laboratory in Crownsville The CSS Alabama ravaged Union shipping during the Civil War State conservator Betty Seifert oversees the restoration of nearly 50 artifacts salvaged from the wreck of the long-lost warship Last month she directed the packaging of the relics brought upfrom the waters off the coast of’ * * -landThe state's lab w as chosen because it is one of the few in the world with the facilities and expertise to restore underwater artifacts, officials said.Some articles recovered from the .Alabama include dishes, part of the ship’s wheel assembly, oar locks, cannon pivots and gun carriagewheels.Ms. Seifert must remove some of the damage done by almost 130 years of exposure and stabilize the objects so the public can view them without damaging them further. The deionized water helps to remove salt, Ms Seifert said.Built in England with funds sup-1 1 K* + * i«* aKprtfc tlifiLiilCU U T.Alabama was a 120-foot-long war ship powered by sail and steam It was captained by Charles County native Raphael SemmesDuring a nearly two-year campaign. it sank or captured some 64fjrty-n merchant vessels and oneU S, Navy ship The Alabama was finally confronted by the USS Kearsarge off the coast of France in June 1864 and sunk after a fierce exchange from less than a mue apart The ship went down in some 200 feet \ji *ater about seven miles off the port of Cherbourg In 1983, a French mine sweeper detected the hulk partially submerged m the mud
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Frederick, Maryland, US
Fri, Dec 10, 1993
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