The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to remove the remains of a Civil War-era vessel that remains an obstacle to a major harbor deepening project for the Port of Savannah.
The Corps of Engineers will spend an estimated $14 million to remove the Confederate ironclad warship Georgia and its ordinance, which was reportedly scuttled in December 1864 just before Union General Sherman’s arrival in the port city. The vessel never fired a shot during the war and essentially served as floating battery to protect Savannah’s harbor.
According to news reports, the Corps of Engineers’ salvage work on the Georgia will start next year.
Civil War ship removal in Savannah channel
