had a handmoved, it crank. each crewman would turn the crank, and that would turn the propeller and that is how they would power the submarine. it was a simple device designed to be practical and accomplish its task, which was to attack. a lower portion of the bow went out maybe 18-20 feet, and it was an explosive device. they called it a torpedo, but it was a bomb. they would back away and returned to shore, the id being that the next night they could andut and get another bomb hit another ship. it disappeared and was a mystery for many years. when it was discovered, it was 1000 deep. starting with the recovery operation, its location, taking that information, what we knew , bringing it back into the lab. and then our scientists began a detailed investigation into the summer rain. we recovered the summering in the year 2000. 2001 was the interior excavation. was full ofubmarine mud which was excellent for us. as archaeologist, it signaled we were going to have good preservation, and we did. looking at the arti