Swimmers Discover Sunken 19th Century U.S. Ship


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Swimmers Discover Sunken 19th Century U.S. Ship off Cuban Coast

The Associated Press

Published: Aug 4, 2005

HAVANA (AP) - Two teenagers swimming in seas off eastern Cuba discovered a sunken U.S. ship from the late 19th century, possibly a remnant of the Spanish-American War, a maritime expert said Thursday.

Bronze nails, chains and old-fashioned containers were among artifacts inside the ship, said Nicasio Vina, director of Santiago de Cuba's Investigative Center of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

"The teenagers got in touch with our institution and we were able to verify the find: a 106-foot boat, the remains of which were uncovered during the recent passing of Hurricane Dennis," Vina said in a telephone interview from Santiago, about 500 miles east of Havana.

The ship was found in eight feet of water near Siboney beach, about 10 miles south of Santiago, an area used by U.S. troops during the Spanish-American War.

Experts have started trying to piece together the boat's exact origins and how it came to be off the coasts of Cuba. Vina said evidence does confirm the boat is American, and that it was likely involved in the war, which ended in 1898 with Spain ceding control of Cuba to the United States.

Objects from the boat will be displayed in a museum connected to the Investigative Center of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.

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