Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI (AP)

 

Researchers lower a underwater robot into Long Island Sound off the Westerly, R.I., coast Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, to explore a shipwreck thought to be the USS Revenge, commanded by navy hero Oliver Hazard Perry. The Revenge sank in 1811 after striking a reef. (AP Photo/David Klepper)AP - Researchers from the U.S. Navy and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are looking for clues to the identity of a 200-year-old shipwreck lying just off the Rhode Island coast.

Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck off RI (AP)
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:56:15 GMT

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