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 Posted: Tue Nov 7th, 2006 05:47 pm
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Mana: 
 The Anchor and Drive shaft of the CSS Virginia are at the MOC (actually in front of the MOC).  The anchor chain actually belongs to the USS Cumberland.

Unfortunately after the war the Virginia was used as a source of salvage iron, causing what was left to be brocken up and scattered.  No one recorded pulling its ram out of Cumberland though.  I know Clive Cussler actually has conducted two searches (I think it was two...more than one anyhow) looking for it.  I talks about the Virginia and is search for the CSS Arkansas and USS Carondelet in his non-fiction books (the Sea Hunters I & II).

If you are interested, they have expedition descriptions at his web site:  http://WWW.Numa.net/expeditions.