From the April 4, 2013, Charleston (SC) Post and Courier "Search for War of 1812 ship in Charleston Harbor ongoing."
Searchers have found some promising sites, but nothing definitive of the U.S. revenue Cutter Gallatin which exploded on the morning of April 1, 1813. An official investigation of the incident determined it to be accidental.
News 4, ABC, says searchers are looking in the Ashley River and using a magnetometer. The ship had been tied up off a pier that no longer exists when it blew up. They think a crew man was cleaning a musket and set off a spark that set off the ship's gunpowder. The Gallatin had just returned from a five-day voyage when it happened.
Searchers hope to find the ship's cannons.
Hope They Find It. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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