September 15, 2008- Fort Morgan, AL--

The last time this mystery ship was visible was after Hurricane Ivan

hit the Alabama Gulf Coast on September 16, 2004.  At that time

a much smaller portion of the ship was visible above the sand. 

Soon after Ivan revealed this historic treasure, the shifting sand

covered the relic again.

Hurricane Ike's waves, this past week, pounded the beaches of the

northern Gulf Coast and once again the mystery ship was revealed. 

This time however, much more of the ship was uncovered.  This

is the most visible the ship has ever been.

The roughly 150 foot long, 30 foot wide wooden ship appears to have

been powered by steam.  One of the artifacts within the

perimeter of the ship's hull appears to be an old water pump. 

A long pipe runs down the center of the ship, with smaller pipes

found near by.

While no one knows for sure what ship this is, historians speculate

that the ship was a blockade-runner from the civil war.

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