on it, believed to belong an african-american sailor named caesar wentworth. there were a number of african-american sailors serving in the flotilla. we also expect to see some of the weapons, if not the cannons that were recovered, and probably the shot, you know, for the guns and from that we'll be able to determine what sized guns they would have had on board. the things were principally armed with a cannon, a long gun and a shorter carronade for lobbing heavier shells into the enemy ships. they are very effective close-range weapons, which is what barney hoped to do in fight the british was to get in close enough where he could maneuver his ships with long sweeps or oars around around the british, who couldn't effectively move, and hammer at them with his long guns and carronades. and we expect there to be quite a number of interesting objects. these will be presumably well preserved because of the water here in the patuxent river. everything has been below four or five foot of mud and in an anaerobic or oxygen-free environment. it's like being put in a de

tin grog cup from one of the saleors, believed to be from one of the african-american sailors, caesar wentworth and you can see the c.w. inscribed on the side of the grog cup. we don't have any smoking gun evidence that this is the "scorpion," but all of the clues put together, indicate it could be. this is a dental tool. used to pull teeth. and then you have pieces of clay pipes. and another pair of surgical scissors. >> why is it important from your perspective to preserve this boat under this muddy water here? what does it matter? >> well, part of our mission with naval history and heritage command is the education of both the navy, sailors and american public as well. this 200-year commemoration is the perfect time to do that, and call attention to in some ways a war to many the forgotten war, fell between the american revolution and american civil war, both of which i think people are more aware of than the war of 1812. but 1812, one of the most important wars. showed we were free of influence from great britain. we came out of the conflict as the clear winners of that. and it also showed