with the navy shipwrecks, we've worked on everything from the d-day shipwrecks off normandy beaches to a scuttled revolutionary war fleet up in penobscot river in maine. we're involved in the commemoration of the war of 1812, and we proposed to relocate and excavate the shipwreck site because it was probably one of the best known and best preserved of the navy's war of 1812 vessels. >> so you dive in the water here itself. what is it like to dive in the water that looks pretty hard to see through? >> like diving in pea soup. the visibility is not very good at all. the best it ever gets is a foot or two. it's, you know -- and it's hard to -- it is hard to measure and read tapes and work. you almost have to work by braille, by feel and touch. you can get used to it. if you're a underwater archaeologist and you've worked in black water, then you do get used to, you know, maneuvering around when you have very limited visibility and also you can, you know, determine what you are working on and what you are feeling by touch. so your other senses kind of improve with time when you have low vi

. >> well, we've over the site of the shipwreck. we think it could be the uss "scorian, the flagship of the barney float larks and it's the -- the bow is towards the bank just beyond this, the tree that's been sawn off or cut off, and then the stern comes out into the channel a little more towards the red buoy that you see over here. we were involved in the commemoration of the war of 1812, and we propose to relocate and excavate this shipwreck site because it was probably one of the -- the best known and best preserved of the navy's war of 1812 vessels. >> so you dive in the water here yourself. what's it like diving this this water that looks pretty hard to see through? >> kind of like diving in pea soup. the visibility is not very good at all. the best it ever gets is a foot or two. it's, you know, and it's hard to -- it is hard to measure and to read tapes and work it. you almost have to work by braille and by feel and by touch, but you can used to it. if you're and underwater archaeologist and you've worked in black water, then

. >> we are over the site of the shipwreck, could be the uss scorpion, flagship of the barney flotilla. it is the -- the bow is towards the bank, beyond this tree sawed off or cut out, stern comes out into the channel towards the red buoys you see here. we were involved in commemoration of war of 1812, we propose to relocate, excavate this shipwreck site. it was probably one of the best known, best preserved of the navy's war of 1812 vessels. >> so you dive in the water yourself. what's it like diving in this water that's hard to see through. >> it is like diving in pea soup. visibility is not good. best you get is a foot or two. so -- and it is hard to measure and read tapes and work. you almost have to work by brail. you get used to t if you're an archaeologist, you get used to moving around with limited visibility and also you can, you know, determine what you're working on, what you're feeling by touch, so your other senses improve with time. >> anyway, this is what we propose to do in 2013 in commemoration of war of 1812 is to look at this shipwreck. plans are to build a steel dam

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on christmas day 1492, the santa maria is shipwrecked on the island of hispaniola on the northern coast of the island of hispaniola. columbus puts the crew of the santa maria ashore and tells them, establish a town. we'll be back for you. the town becomes known as navidad, christmas. columbus with the nina and pinta returns to spain. this is columbus returning to spain to visit the court. ferdinand and isabella receiving their admiral of the ocean seas. this is columbus's greatest moment, his greatest moment, because it is at this moment that everyone believes he's found the route to the east. now, it's a little disappointing, of course, when he brings back coconuts and rare tropical birds and kidnapped a few natives. don't worry. send me back. send me back, and i'll find the court of the great khan. columbus makes a second voyage. on his second voyage he returns again, but this is a little disappointing now. wait a minute, you've been out there twice now, and he comes back and you still haven't given us any evidence that you have discovered the route to the east. again, tropical birds

we also have the arrival of a group of cast-aways from the "sea venture" shipwreck in 1609. they spent nine months in bermuda. when they came, they brought be bermuda seashells. like this bing scallop, you don't find them that large in bermuda anymore. this is really large. and the beautiful conch shell. they are collecting them like we would, of souvenirs of their voyage, but also if they should get back to england, they can sell these to gentlemen who are collecting exotic objects from around the world. and speaking of exotic object, on this bottle here, which is probably -- it probably held pharmaceutical substance and medicinal substances, we actually found beatle beetle in this bottle and we had them analyzed. i have them in here. you can see them. and they are strawberry root beetle. so, the first documented evidence of this beetle in the new world. and it's not surprising. we've had other soil samples tested. and we have located bedbugs of and powder-puff beetles and sawtooth beetles. we know there were black rats brought in from the colonists. so, all these hitchhike

where they found tobacco growing when they shipwrecked there. so it seems to me and others as well that he spent that time working with the tobacco. we also found a couple of tobacco pipes made out of bermuda limestone that were probably made to smoke john rolf's tobacco on bermuda. and then, you know, he continued his work once he arrived here. we even found a tobacco seed down a well. which is pretty cool because they're microscopic. they're very hard to see. >> well, we want to thank both of you. bly straube, senior curator, and bill kelso, the director of the jamestown rediscovery archaeological project, for spending the last hour and more with american history tv and taking our viewers' and callers' comments. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we did too. >> thanks. >>> on may 14th, 1607, 104 english settlers landed at jamestown island, virginia to establish a college nu for the virginia company. the location served as the capital of virginia until 1699. thought to be lost to history forever under the james river, the original fort w

we are going to take a look at the shipwreck believed to be from the war of 1812. the "uss scorpion." >>> each week america's tv's american ar facts visits places to learn the story of the united states through objects. in 1812, joshua barney, a retired naval hero of the revolutionary war proposed creating a flotilla of american barges to defend the chesapeake bay area against british ships. in august, 1814, commodore barney was forced to destroy and sink his fleet of about 15 vessels in maryland's patuxent river to prevent their capture. a single vessel was discovered in 19789 understa9 under the mu partially excavated. now the navy history and heritage command is leading the study. learning about the project, visiting the navy's underwater archeology lab in the washington navyyard where artifacts from the ship are studied. >> this is the patuxent river. it flows into the chesapeake bay. we're going just up river at the highway 4 bridge. highway 4 is actually the very end of pennsylvania avenue. the same pennsylvania avenue that runs from d.c. and ends right at th

as you may have seen on the news a few weeks ago, this helped us uncover an incredible shipwreck deep in the gulf of mexico. looking forward, we're going to do even more to spark the interest of young people. for example, starting this weekend, we're teaming up with the national marine sanctuary foundation and the sportfishing conservancy, to launch what's called the sanctuary classic. through competitions and scholarships, the sanctuary classic will foster excitement among our youth about conservation and fishing. so what's clear is this: we need to find young people who share our curiosity and interest in america's waters. maybe they want to be an oceanographer or researcher who works in this field. maybe they want to go into public service at a place like noaa. or perhaps they simply want to start a business that helps people understand and enjoy our waterwayslike the business i worked for that summer, taking campers on canoe trips on puget sound. we need to identify these young people. we need to nurture them and mentor them. and ultimately, we need to make sure they can make a di

along the coast that crane refers to in "the open boat" which was based on this true story of a shipwreck. i went to all the crane locatis in england. i went to basel, switzernd d adilgey, e howhhe ie c-span: where is this house right here in this picture? >> guest: that's bree place that's in east sussex, england, and it's a privately owned house. c-span: and how long did he--mr. cra live there? g: asrem rne endm e iser wth beginning of 1899, until just before he died, may of 19--1899. c-span: where are these two pictures from? >> guestthoswereakenn d thfrs,ch s hel-ibri tug in the spanish-american war and that--that's crane w--at his seediest, as you can see. it's--was living in--in either pajamas or sled duck tus dnakbastd shaving, let his hair ow, let his mustache grow about down to his chin, it looks like, and--and really looked like a degenerate at that poi. c-span: in the bree place er in--in england, you talk about how eyedteanci, or >>stm.y. an. rtd t d heasreh -i t wyoca -is--it wasn't his wife, cora. >> guest: mm-hmm. c-span: and--but they didn't have any money, so what was goi

. -- shipwreckers. there are people who manufacture cars and there are people who scrap cars. every job is needed. but the mission of bain capital was wealth creation, not job creation. that are different things. the second claim, which is a claim he has not been making much even himself, had to do with his experience in the commonwealth of massachusetts. in better, far better, economic times, under mitt romney's governance, massachusetts ranked 47 out of 50 in job creation. where did massachusetts ranked in job creation? 47 out of 50 states, in job creation. get this. of the few jobs created during those years, six times as many were created in the public sector than were created in the private sector. what is more, in a relatively short time, one term, governor romney drove up the largest per capita debt on the backs of the people of massachusetts. contrast that with the president. last year, our nation created more jobs than it created in the eight years of the presidency of george w. bush. decide which of these gentlemen actually is the job creator. [applause] it is all ab

there are shipbuilders, and there are shipwreckers. there are people who manufacture cars and there are people who scrap cars. every job is needed. but the mission of bain capital was wealth creation, not job creation. those are different things. the second claim, which is a claim he has not been making much even himself, had to do with his experience in the commonwealth of massachusetts. in better, far better, economic times, under mitt romney's governance, massachusetts ranked 47 out of 50 in job creation. where did massachusetts ranked in job creation? 47 out of 50 states, in job creation. get this. of the few jobs created during those years, six times as many were created in the public sector than were created in the private sector. what is more, in a relatively short time, one term, governor romney drove up the largest per capita debt on the backs of the people of massachusetts. contrast that with the record of our president. last year, our nation created more jobs than it created in the eight years of the presidency of george w.

as you may have seen on the news a few weeks ago this hope the sun cover an incredible shipwreck in the gulf of mexico. looking forward were going to it even more sparked the interest of young people. starting this weekend we are teaming up with the national marine sanctuary foundation and the sports fishing conservancy to launch what is called the sanctuary classic. through competitions and scholarships the sanctuary classic will foster excitement among our youth about conservation in fishing. so as clear as this, we need to find young people who share our curiosity and are interested america's waters. maybe they want to be an oceanographer or the researcher who works in this field and maybe they want somebody to go into public service at a place like noaa. perhaps they simply want to start a business that helps people understand and enjoy our waterways like that can buy worked for the summer. taking campers on canoe trips on the puget sound. we need to identify these young people. we need to nurture them, mentor them. ultimately we need to be sure they can make a difference, just like

. >>> we're hearing more about the discovery of the shipwrecked both found at the bottom of the safeeffort was led by joe hacinto is one of the step sons of one of the seven men presumed dead when that ship went down. less than 24 hours after the sinking, he rented boats and equipment and convinced a a survivor to help him. last week sonar images revealed features of the ship. a dive confirmed it was the ship. families must decide whether to spend more money to diver into the wreck and possibly recover the bodies. >>> a new scholarship will help carry on the legacy of a san francisco firefighter killed in the line of duty. lieutenant vincent perez died last june fighting a house fire in the diamond heights neighborhood. yesterday the school held a fundraiser for a scholarship in his name. the firefighters local union donated $25,000 to that fund. >> it's about the heroesest day, the men and women in fiewn oorm, the military or our fire department here of san francisco, or where i work, the oakland police department, a it's about the sacrifices they make every day. >> that same fire a

from the bell of the edmond fitzgerald to the white fish point light house, the shipwreck museum exhibits tell the story of brave men and women who have navigated the great lakes for hundreds of years. . this facility displays an important part in michigan history. each year some 60,000 individuals visit the museum and explore firsthand the rich maritime traditions of michigan's first district. preserving michigan's maritime history is a resource that both senator levin and i agree warrants enthusiastic bipartisan support for the benefit of future generations of visitors. i want to thank chairman hastings for bringing this bill to the floor today, and i encourage all my colleagues to support this measure and bring it one step closer to the president's desk. thank you. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new mexico. mr. lujan: mr. speaker, we have no further speakers and we are prepared to yield back. mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from washington. mr. hasting