{"id":36298,"date":"2021-04-29T10:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=36298"},"modified":"2021-05-05T08:17:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T12:17:54","slug":"wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamship wreckage located in Tennessee River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_36305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"505\" data-attachment-id=\"36305\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\/sonar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1050,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sonar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-1024x492.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-36305\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-580x279.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-610x293.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-250x120.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/sonar-600x289.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sonar image shows what may be the U.S.S. Chattanooga on the bottom of the Tennessee River. On either side of the long, dark rectangle in the middle of the screen are wooden framing and planks. The circular object in the upper righthand corner may be part of a paddlewheel. The dark rectangle is an acoustic shadow created by the sonar device.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The work was OK\u2019d with a permit from the Tennessee Division of Archaeology.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The sonar equipment was loaned by ECHO81 out of Hartwell, Georgia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The UTC Walker Center for Teaching and Learning provided a mini-grant to rent the pontoon boat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The boat was rented through Chattanooga\u2019s Erwin Marine.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Morgan Smith wasn\u2019t sure he\u2019d find what he was seeking. Heck, he didn\u2019t even know if it was there at all.<\/p>\n<p>He thinks he found it on the first try.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, assistant professor in the UTC Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and his students are 90 percent sure they located the wreckage of the U.S.S. Chattanooga, a steamship that brought supplies to the starving army of U.S. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant outside Chattanooga in 1863. According to historical records, supplies had dwindled until there was only one loaf of bread left for Union soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>After the war, the ship sat on the northern side of the Tennessee River across from what is now the Tennessee Aquarium and Riverfront. Eventually, it fell apart and sank.<\/p>\n<p>On April 14, Smith and students in his \u201cUnderwater Anthropology\u201d course are pretty sure they found pieces of it sitting on the muddy river bottom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had a big role in American history,\u201d Smith told a group of students before they pulled away from the Riverfront fishing pier on a pontoon boat.<\/p>\n<p>As the boat cruised back and forth on a section of the river\u2014\u201cIt\u2019s called \u2018Mowing the Lawn,\u201d\u2019 Smith said\u2014a sonar computer screen showed dark spots on the river floor. Some large, some small, some straight-edged, some curvy. The U.S.S. Chattanooga ship was a \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d made from parts scavenged from other ships, Smith said, so it probably has broken apart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat might be the paddlewheel,\u201d he said, pointing to a round shape on the sonar screen.<\/p>\n<p>Coming across pieces of\u00a0 the U.S. Chattanooga is \u201cexhilarating,\u201d said Austin Averill, a senior in environmental science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was fun. It was very interesting,\u201d India Toth, a senior with a double major in anthropology and chemistry, said after stepping off the pontoon boat onto the pier.<\/p>\n<p>The next step he&#8217;ll take, Smith said, is to compare the sonar imagery with archival data, getting an idea of the length and width of the ship to see if they line up with what\u2019s in the water. Construction techniques used at the time of the Civil War also will be compared to the wreck for further confirmation, he said.<\/p>\n<p>An initial look with sonar can find a submerged wreck without disturbing it and without spending a lot of money only to find nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s one of the main ways to try to find locations without actually taking all of the equipment and all the money and all the people in diving. It\u2019s a lot more efficient,\u201d Smith explained.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the U.S.S. Chattanooga, sonar also detected five or six other wrecks, probably barges, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Learning to read sonar is a major plus for anyone pursuing a career in anthropology, said Sam Fuller, a junior in anthropology and military science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one of the defining factors of the employment spectrum. Is there a diversity of skills?\u201d he said. \u201cIf you&#8217;re studying a site that&#8217;s in the water, you need to know how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Hunt for the USS Chattanooga\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOH0B4MOyvM?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;autohide=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 395px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"395\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 592px; height: 395px;\" data-original-width=\"592\" data-original-height=\"395\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\/underwater-archaeology-21\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"588\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"391\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"36309\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1050,698\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\\\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students in Morgan Smith\\u2019s Underwater Archaeology class us sonar to look Wednesday, April 14, 2021 for the remains of the USS Chattanooga near the bank of the Tennessee River.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618397761&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Underwater Archaeology-21&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-1024x681.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck1-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"588\" height=\"391\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"588\" data-original-height=\"391\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" alt=\"Students, from left, Alexis Boydston, Sam Fuller, India Toth and Gavin Page and Assistant Professor Morgan Smith watch a sonar screen that shows ship wreckage on the bottom of the Tennessee River.\" style=\"width: 588px; height: 391px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Students, from left, Alexis Boydston, Sam Fuller, India Toth and Gavin Page and Assistant Professor Morgan Smith watch a sonar screen that shows ship wreckage on the bottom of the Tennessee River. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 288px; height: 395px;\" data-original-width=\"288\" data-original-height=\"395\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\/underwater-archaeology-21-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"284\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"203\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"36310\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1050,752\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\\\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students in Morgan Smith\\u2019s Underwater Archaeology class us sonar to look Wednesday, April 14, 2021 for the remains of the USS Chattanooga near the bank of the Tennessee River.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618397471&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Underwater Archaeology-21&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-300x215.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-1024x733.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-580x415.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-610x437.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-250x179.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/Shipwreck2-559x400.jpg 559w\" width=\"284\" height=\"203\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"284\" data-original-height=\"203\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" alt=\"Sam Fuller and India Toth keep an eye on the sonar screen during the underwater search.\" style=\"width: 284px; height: 203px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Sam Fuller and India Toth keep an eye on the sonar screen during the underwater search. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\/underwater-archaeology-21-3\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"284\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"184\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"36311\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,582\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\\\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students in Morgan Smith\\u2019s Underwater Archaeology class us sonar to look Wednesday, April 14, 2021 for the remains of the USS Chattanooga near the bank of the Tennessee River.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618396192&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Underwater Archaeology-21&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-300x194.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-580x375.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-610x394.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-250x162.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck3-600x388.jpg 600w\" width=\"284\" height=\"184\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"284\" data-original-height=\"184\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" alt=\"Assistant Professor Morgan Smith makes adjustments to the towfish, the device that emits sonar signals.\" style=\"width: 284px; height: 184px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Assistant Professor Morgan Smith makes adjustments to the towfish, the device that emits sonar signals. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 574px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"574\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 880px; height: 574px;\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-original-height=\"574\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/wreckage-of-u-s-s-chattanooga-may-have-been-found\/underwater-archaeology-21-4\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"876\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"570\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"36312\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1050,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\\\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students in Morgan Smith\\u2019s Underwater Archaeology class us sonar to look Wednesday, April 14, 2021 for the remains of the USS Chattanooga near the bank of the Tennessee River.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618395840&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Underwater Archaeology-21&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-300x195.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-1024x666.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-580x377.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-610x397.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-250x163.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/04\/shipwreck4-600x390.jpg 600w\" width=\"876\" height=\"570\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"876\" data-original-height=\"570\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Underwater Archaeology-21\" alt=\"Assistant Professor Morgan Smith leans in with Gavin Page, center, and Sam Fuller.\" style=\"width: 876px; height: 570px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Assistant Professor Morgan Smith leans in with Gavin Page, center, and Sam Fuller. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The work was OK\u2019d with a permit from the Tennessee Division of Archaeology. 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