A group of treasure hunters recently decided to go magnet fishing in the river near Fort Stewart. Their underwater discoveries included ammunition and 86 rockets. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources fined the group because of their dangerous exhibition and decision to unearth possibly explosive materials. But their discoveries make us wonder: What other crazy things lie … [Read more...]
The Incredible Dive of the Navy’s Sunken Spiegel Grove 20 Years Later
Spiegel Grove was commissioned in the year 1956 and was decommissioned in 1989. The ship helped enforce America’s strategy of containment for the Cold War. After being decommissioned, it sat in a “mothball fleet” in James River, Virginia, before it was acquired by Monroe County in June 2001. After the ship was cleansed intensely in Virginia, it was sent off to Key Largo in … [Read more...]