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George Schwarz (NHHC) conducts a metal detector survey over a wreck site. Divers can be deployed with tools, like metal detectors, to assist in identifying or pinpointing iron objects. Some objects become overgrown with marine life and are difficult identify with the naked eye. If the object is buried, more exact location data will assist future research efforts.

Oct. 26, 2022

Navy and NOAA Search for U.S. Schooner Alligator near the 200th Anniversary of Its Loss

In early September 2022, Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) collaborated on a project to locate and study one of the U.S. Navy’s historic wrecks from the early 19th century, the schooner Alligator. The two week project, which took place in