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After 20 years, gold salvage operations to resume at wreck of SS Central America

Section: Daily Dispatches

Gold to Be Lifted from Wreck

From the Maritime Executive magazine
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Odyssey Marine Exploration has been awarded the exclusive contract to conduct an archaeological excavation and recover the remaining valuable cargo from the SS Central America shipwreck, located approximately 160 miles off the coast of South Carolina. The ship, which was immortalized in the best-selling book "Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea," sank in 1857 with one of the largest documented cargoes of gold ever lost at sea.

Odyssey was selected for the project by Ira Owen Kane, the court-appointed receiver who represents Recovery Limited Partnership and Columbus Exploration. Kane is charged by the court with overseeing the recovery project and has the benefit of a permanent injunction and exclusive salvage rights over the SS Central America shipwreck granted by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of Virginia. ...

... For the full story:

http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/Gold-to-be-Lifted-from-Wreck--...



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