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“If the cannon turns out to be from the USS Shark, I foresee that the Navy and the state of Oregon would work together to preserve these guns and see that they are properly displayed and interpreted,” Neyland said.The Navy’s interest now, he said, is seeing that the guns are properly handled and conserved.Neyland said Oregon is correctly keeping the concretions, or encrustations, intact until an expert can remove them, and keeping the cannons covered in changing baths of water. He said the concretions can contain valuable archaeological matter.He said they ultimately must be kept indoors and that the Navy would have a say about whether they went on loan to other museums.State agencies are working with the Navy to determine the guns’ futures. Not many people are in the cannon restoration trade. But the Conversation Research Lab at Texas A&M has restored 22 over the past 10 years.
Have you talked to that guy by the way?
