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| USS Cumberland, starboard side |
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| USS Cumberland, bow looking forward |
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| CSS Florida, from top |
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| CSS Florida, starboard side |
The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) recently received these stunning 3-D images of the sloop-of-war USS
Cumberland and the cruiser CSS
Florida. The images were taken by technicians from
Adavanced Underwater Surveys, Inc., using their Wrecksight(TM) software during the June 2011 stabilization survey project of the two shipwrecks. The project was sponsored by the
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Sanctuaries Division, the
Naval History and Heritage Command's Underwater Archeology Division, and HRNM (also part of NHHC). The Navy and NOAA conduct surveys like these to ensure that the sites have not been disturbed.
The ironclad CSS
Virginia rammed and sank
Cumberland on March 8, 1862 on the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads. Shortly after being brought back from Brazil under tow,
Florida sank just a few hundred yards away from
Cumberland in 1864 under mysterious circumstances.
Both wrecks under the protection of Federal law and artifacts from both vessels can be seen at the
Hampton Roads Naval Museum.
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