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What Is the Mystery Ship Discovered at the Bottom of the Ocean Near Texas?

Jun. 1, 2012 11:40pm Liz Klimas

Muskets. Beer bottles. An anchor. Oh my.

These are just some of the contents revealed in a recent exploration to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas where a team has found what is considered an unknown sunken ship.

NOAA Researchers Spend 56 Days Exploring Mysterious Sunken Ship in Gulf of Mexico

(Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program via National Geographic)

A Venus fly-trap anemone on top of decomposing muskets. (Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program via National Geographic)

Researchers will use the dish style to try and date the origin and era of the ship. (Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program via National Geographic)

ROV descending upon the anchor of the ship. (Photo: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program via National Geographic)

National Geographic reports researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management were first alerted to the potential of something down there while sonar was being used in a 2011 search for oil.

The researchers officially found the 80-foot long vessel during a 56 day expedition in the gulf. It is thought to have sunk as long as 200 years ago.

According to National Geographic, maritime archaeologist Frank Cantelas said they have not yet determined any more historical information about the ship, but, given the presence of muskets and cannons, they think it could have been a privateer. Cantelas says he thinks it could have been involved in the War of 1812 or the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848.

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SERUM
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:55am
Wonder if the crew was promised of “Hope and Change”?

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- db321
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:05pm
  I don’t know, but that is my bottle of Brandi in the shot – It fell overboard one night while we were parting in the Gulf – I really would like to have it back!
  
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- lukerw
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:16pm
  @DB…
  Ah, yes… the Servants were bringing Bottles on Silver Plates… when the Ship lurched… and all went overboard…
  
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- cemerius
  Posted on June 4, 2012 at 7:36am
  ha ha @ Serum!!
  
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oldsoldier10
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:50am
That boat was christened, “Hope and Change,” in 2008, and the final resting place is where McO’Bama the first afroirishblackwhitegaynativeAmerican prezzzy is steering the economy of the USSA.

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- oneshiner
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:09am
  “No Hope, No Change” is what we’ve gotten and we’re fools to let it continue. Now the new slogan is
  FORWARD………..nope, I want to go BACK to the better days when we had a little “change” in our pockets and freedom to choose. We’re losing more than our money, we’re losing America as we’ve known it, waiting for the brown shirts to take over our lives and control us like animals.
  
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- lukerw
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:22pm
  I always wonder… given how Capitalism works to produce Goods and a defined Quantity of Money existing… when we discover something of Value… is our Money WorthLess?
  
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- Xcori8r
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 8:45pm
  Has the U.S. Ship of State been on the bottom that long?
  
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Seneca264
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:41am
I think it must be that Disney Cruise ship that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle many years ago.

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- rickc34
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:39pm
  Ever notice how much Obama and micky mouse have in common. Both are black and white and have big ears to begin with.
  
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supressorgrid
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:07am
A confederate blockade runner. wooden keel and copper hull cladding give it away.

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- Texas Chris
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:34am
  Yup.
  
  Too far west to have been a NoLa runner, though the loot on board would ahve been better. I’m guessing it came out of Galveston?
  
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BigSky
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:30am
The US economy under Obama.

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- kickagrandma
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:50am
  LOL
  the dimocratic party under nancypea and hairyr
  the noman’s hopes for reelection without interfering in the process….
  We could go on and on. Let’s pray we can.
  
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Coonrapids
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 5:50am
Add your comments

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- Wolf
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 10:12am
  No comment.
  
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- BobtheMoron
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:36am
  Why?
  
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- db321
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:11pm
  I think Coonrapids is with the Govt – now they are telling us when to Comment – next they will be telling us not to pray – we can only do a “moment of silence” Hey Coonrapids – I’m tired of being Silent – OBAMA MUST GO!
  
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I SPY
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 3:40am
Another war Mexico lost…. Pretty much a nut shell of Mexican history: losing.

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Al J Zira
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 3:27am
It would be nice if there were more photos. The first one looks like a wooden hull with Iron cladding on the bow point. These were built up until the mid 1800′s but by then the super powers of France, Great Britain and the U.S. had stopped making these and moved to iron hulls so they could support the new guns that fired shells. A lot of the ships we and other countries made that were iron clad were sold off the countries like Spain, Portugal, Peru and Chili. Chances are it’s of Spanish origin and not from the French explorer LaSalle or the Pirate Jean Lafitte. Sorry, I get carried away with cool stuff like this.

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- Leader1776
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:06am
  Did you try the NG site? They may have more pics.
  
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Bruce P.
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 2:23am
Off the coast of Texas, up to 200 years old and possibly a privateer?

This may be one of Jean Lafitte’s ships.

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- Wolf
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 10:14am
  ‘Zactly my thoughts.
  
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- Texas Chris
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:34am
  It’s hot a metal sheathed hull, that’s civil war era.
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 2:13am
It is the Botony Bay…………KHAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.,

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- EddardinWinter
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:23am
  He’s going to leave them as they left her, on a dead ocean floor, alone and buried alive…..buried alive….
  
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- smcdaniel
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:37am
  Is there anything to eat in this Genesis cave?
  
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- smcdaniel
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:41am
  “From Hell’s heart, I spit at you!” Do you realize it took me a decade to realize “Wrath of Khan” was just a retelling of Moby Dick? Oh, geepers did I feel like a schmuctard…
  
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abbygirl1994
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 2:09am
The comments are unbelievable?? Life is not all about Obama, or whatever.. some people can just get on with life and these people who found this ship did exactly that. I find it very interesting and can’t wait for an update on it! It helps to have some inspirational stories once in awhile.. It keeps me from losing my mind! Thanks Blaze! We gotta have the bitter and the sweet.. and this was sweet. Kudo’s to the adventurers!

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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:36am
  You are right. This has nothing to do Obama. They think she was a armed privateer & Obama is a big government commie…..oops
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:46am
  Give Obama 4 more years Abbygirl and we’ll see just how well you and everyone else “just get on with life”.
  
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- SERUM
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 8:18am
  Abby…you don’t have to go and bite peoples’ faces off, that’s just not fair. This site is where people with the same views come and show their frustrations. And occasionally a troll shows up and everyone has fun at their expense…it’s all good!
  
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:27am
  EVERYONE should have getting that jerk out of office in the forefront of their minds every second of the day. If not, you can kiss your a$$ goodbye.
  
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- Msgt Ret
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:34am
  RepubliCorp: obama just has not pulled out the guns yet…yet!
  
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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:15am
  If Obama had a ship, it would look like this one.
  
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- BlackBeaver
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:34am
  Thanks! Not everything in life is centered about Mr. Obama’s hijinks.
  
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- db321
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 4:18pm
  Hey AbbyGirl – maybe Obama can part the Seas, like he claims, so we can all see what the H*ll this thing is!
  
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- Bonnie
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:26pm
  Thank you. I don’t like Obama at all, but I need a break now and then. The future is very scary and finding undersea treasures from the past is amazing to me.
  
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Ms Archivist
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:52am
That must be the real beginnings of Fast and Furious; Operation Musket Dunk

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- supressorgrid
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:09am
  Voted best comment of the day
  
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- starman70
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 8:17am
  Maybe Eric Holder’s great-grandfather was in charge of the operation.
  
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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:21am
  @starman70
  Like, said grandfather would of been a slave. No word on the Holder mustache legacy though.
  
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- Magyar
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:39pm
  For sure….still laughing!
  
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whatthecrazy
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:36am
With any luck it was full of ???????????????

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- Huguenot Descendant
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:00am
  The first edition of Saul Alinsky book’s “Rules for Radicals” that the previous generations tried to banish to the bottom of the sea.
  
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PETTYDRAMA
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:29am
Its Noah Becks Ark…LOL! The Beckbots savior is going to separate the gulf of mexico and ressurect it to save them when the wrath comes this year! So repent! For thou shall be saved….LOL!

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- Metalist
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:39am
  Better a BeckBot than Obama’s “useful idiot” any day.
  
  If you don’t like us, stop coming here.
  
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- jzs
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:52am
  This could be the boat that Jesus Christ himself took to the United States to deliver the copper/gold alloy plates inscribed with the Book of Mormon which Joseph Smith translated into English.
  
  Honestly I kind of doubt his real name was “Smith” but whatever.
  
  Many will note that the alloy used by God in this instance is far superior to the stone tablets God used in previous eras in terms of durability and resistance to corrosion or breakage. God has never beeen a slouch technology-wise and shame on you for thinking he was. God’s messages are always delivered via the latest technology, such as the appearance of the Virgin Mary on grilled cheese sandwhiches made on a Teflon pan. God has always kept up with the latest advancements when delivering His message to the chosen few, as he did with Joseph Smith.
  
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- SaintzOfAk
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:15am
  Pettydrama…why are you even here you maggot. Everyone’s IQ seems to plummet whenever you enter the room. You never have anything useful to say, it seems as though your brain has migrated to your *******.
  
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- Chuck Stein
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:53am
  Sorry, Saintzofak, I can’t agree with you. While Pettydrama’s post is intrinsically worthless, it could actually give those with lower IQ’s enhanced self esteem by way of comparison with Pettydrama
  
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- JQCitizen
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 2:14am
  JZS:
  
  I know you’re making fun of someone’s religion, (actually, some of everybody’s), and not sure where I am with that, but, I must say, was that ever funny!
  
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- Mesaba67
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 3:36am
  Your comments are all negative, off topic and add nothing. There is no point to what you are saying and no facts with reference given. You should be posting some where else MSNBC or Huffington Puffington.
  
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- Anonymouse.
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:19am
  Jzs – lolololol!
  
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- BobtheMoron
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:41am
  While not looking forward to the wrath, I am ready. Armed with plenty of ammo and a years worth of food for 6 people. Bring on the wrath, Dufus.
  
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lonestarbill
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:10am
There’s an ocean near Texas??? Is it December 21st already?

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- PETTYDRAMA
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:36am
  Ever heard of the Gulf of Mexico?…DUH!…LOL!
  
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- Dano.50
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:17am
  Pettydrama
  
  Sarcasm only works if you’ve got the i.q. to administer it so…
  
  If you want to point out that somebody is geographically challenged…
  
  You might want to bone up on the basics first.
  
  The Gulf of Mexico not being an ocean for starters.
  
  Duh-huh-uh.
  
  “Gulf” is usually hint enough.
  
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- Lazerwolf
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 3:03pm
  I feel sorry for petty =(
  
  No, not really ^_^
  
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banjarmon
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:06am
I pray BHO never has a ship named after him!!!!

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- burnbabylon
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:58am
  It will be a solar and wind powered submarine.
  
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- trueamerican40
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:59am
  It won’t float long!
  
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- bustedupvet
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:01am
  It will be a destroyer called the USS $hitcan
  
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- MCDAVE
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:13am
  It will only cost the tax payers 4 trillion dollars and will transport bull$h!t
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 5:23am
  Nah. it’ll cpst 4 billiondollars and then won’t work.
  
  OMG 2012
  
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- BigSky
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 6:29am
  The USS Solyndra.
  
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- Xkiller
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 7:34pm
  OMG!!!! Can you see an aricraft carrier like the USS Ronlad Reagan, named after Barry? It would be all black ahve no guns, no planes and no plan on what to do next and can only steam in circles!
  
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KeystoneState
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:04am
U.S.S. Economy? If Obama had a ship it would look like this.

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- Zer0
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:18am
  Lmao! Best comment ever!
  
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- War_Vet
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:27am
  Hahaha !!!
  
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- Gizzy
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 1:16am
  Funny!!!
  
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- RamonPreston
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 9:31am
  If Obama had an economy it would look like this. Sorry, does look like this.
  
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opaque blinders
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:02am
Obama’s campaign……..

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trueamerican40
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 12:00am
Buttered popcorn!

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possom
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:58pm
USS Obamacare?

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VoteRightDammit
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:58pm
Was hoping against hope it was the S. S. Obama ….

but

alas ……………

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WAKEUPUSA2012
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:58pm
Another usless story covered by the blaze. Its laughable.

When will the Blaze run a story on Bilderberg 2012? Which is going on right now in Chantilly VA.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/30/bilderberg-2012-technocrats-are-rising

http://www.infowars.com/bilderberg2012/

Neocons and liberals alike can not deny it anymore. The real news from the BLAZE needs to cover this. But I bet they wont. Cause Beck is a sell out

Drudge is covering Bilderberg.

drudgereport.com

http://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/participants2012.html

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CatB
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:52pm
Pirate ship

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- Texas Chris
  Posted on June 2, 2012 at 11:40am
  Blockade runner out of Galveston or Beaumont. There are several of these wrecks just offshore of Sabine Pass, where the last battle of the Cival War happened. There are several in Galveston Bay, too, that were exposed after Hurricane Ike.
  
  Wood hull with nailed sheet metal sheathing gives it away. Usually hauling guns and powder, cotton, or food.
  
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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:47pm
The USS America ?!

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Too_Far_Gone
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:46pm
Gilligan strikes again ?!

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