I am trying to finish up articles from my 2009 notebook, which is why there have been so many old stories in the last couple weeks. Back in 2009, Australia was about to embark on an attempt to find the wreck of the hospital ship AHS Centaur.
From the Dec. 8th Big Pond News.
David Mearms found the HMAS Sydney and now he had arrived in Brisbane, Australia, to lead another expedition, this time to look for the AHS Centaur. If the weather held (summer in Australia) it was to get underway this weekend on the Seahorse Spirit, carrying 70 tons of specialized sonar equipment.
After years of research, Mearms is confident they will find the wreck off the southeast Queensland coast. Even so, there is still a 400-square mile area to search.
Both the Queensland and Australian governments have jointly committed $4 million to the project.
I reported extensively on this expedition in my Cooter's History Thing Blog.
Finding History. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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