[OT] Wet Navy History, in the news

According to sources in the Solomon Islands, Robert Ballard has found the
remains of John F. Kennedy's PT 109. The wreckage was found in deep water. And
based on another deep water find in the same region, it would appear wooden
vessels are better preserved in deep water then in shallow water. The National
Geographic web site should carry the details in a few days. No more details
are available at this time. Nor has there been an official announcement, as of
yet.

i wonder if the preservation of wooden vessels in deeper water as anything to
do with temperature?

too cold for wood eating organism?

> On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 03:23:28PM -0500, DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote:

Partly that, and partly that there's less dissolved oxygen as you go deeper.

Cheers,

> At 3:23 PM -0500 5/29/02, DAWGFACE47@webtv.net wrote:

More like there isn't enough oxygen. They've dug up nearly complete
wooden hulls from silty/clay-ey sediment.

> From: DAWGFACE47@webtv.net

> i wonder if the preservation of wooden vessels in deeper water as

> From what I've heard, yes, it does have to do with temperature, but I

3B^2