From the Jan. 21, 2013 Red Orbit "High -Resolution 3D Sonic Images Taken of US Navy Ship USS Hatteras" by Scott LeBloud.
The Hatteras was the only Union ship sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the war after its unfortunate meeting with the CSS Alabama, the only warship that ship sank. The new sonar images show a gaping hole in the hull.
The 210-foot, iron-hulled ship is located 20 miles off Galveston in 57 feet of water. Hurricanes and storms over the last year have scoured sand off the wreck.
The ship is still property of the US Navy and listed on the NRHP.
I looked at the images and think I could make out the paddlewheels, but little more than that.
Finding and Looking at the Past. --Old B-Runner
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