Last month, two cannons believed to be from the 1840s wreck of the USS Shark washed up on the shore of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The state of Oregon was ecstatic about the find, but the US Navy would like to point out that these cannons still belong to them. Once Navy property, always Navy property.
My guess is that they will allow the state to keep them, though. I'd like to see some sort of a display or memorial in Cannon Beach.
The two cannons will now undergo an 18-month stretch in electrified bath of sodium hydroxide to leach out the salt. Then they will be boiled in de-ionized water, coated with tannic acid to bring back their black color, and then coated to protect the finish.
Whose Cannons, Anyway. --Cooter
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