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    Cannons from pirate ship recovered in Beaufort Inlet, N.C. [Image 3 of 7]

    Cannons from pirate ship recovered in Beaufort Inlet, N.C.

    BEAUFORT, NC, UNITED STATES

    10.28.2013

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert 

    U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

    The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Smilax worked with personnel from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources to recover five cannons and multiple barrel hoops from the Queen Anne's Revenge in Beaufort Inlet, N.C., Oct. 28, 2013.The Queen Anne's Revenge was the ship of the pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, for more than a year before the ship ran aground on the shoals in the inlet.The crew of the Smilax, a 100-foot inland construction tender, worked with the NCDCR divers to lift the approximate one ton cannons aboard the Smilax using a combination of floatation bags and the ship's crane.

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    Date Taken: 10.28.2013
    Date Posted: 10.29.2013 15:32
    Photo ID: 1042517
    VIRIN: 131028-G-ZV557-898
    Resolution: 5520x3680
    Size: 11.27 MB
    Location: BEAUFORT, NC, US

    Web Views: 328
    Downloads: 29

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