FYI from News-Morning Edition @ 10/23/97
>>>>*** Cannon barrels hoisted from Blackbeard site
 
Two cannon barrels believed to be from the flagship of the pirate
Blackbeard surfaced Wednesday for the first time since 1718, carried
from the ocean floor by divers. Archaeologists used air bags to lift
one 8-foot barrel from the shipwreck believed to be Blackbeard's
Queen Anne's Revenge. They moved it away from the wreck site before
hoisting it on a 90-foot research vessel waiting at the surface.
Complications forced the eight-member dive team to forgo using air
bags with the other 3,500-pound barrel. They brought it up using a
winch and crane. The cannon barrels were encrusted with coral, sand
and broken shells. For story
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=5566612-af0 <<<<