Crews painstakingly removed mud layer by layer to expose the vessel. Florida Department of Transportation, District Two (Smithsonian Magazine)
SEARCH Inc. on the job exploring the fascinating 19th century wooden sailing ship find.
“…The vessel was likely a “small single-masted, shallow-draft sailing craft of the 19th century that was likely used to extract fish and shellfish from coastal waterways and directly offshore,” says Delgado in the FDOT’s statement.
Read more from author Julia Binswanger on the Smithsonian website.