Episode 25: SS Republic Shipwreck Porthole

This Shipwreck Porthole is from the Civil War-Era Sidewheel Steamship, SS Republic. Sailing from New York to New Orleans, transporting goods and people for the Reconstruction effort in the South. The ship sailed into a hurricane off the coast of Georgia and sank on October 25, 1865, carrying a large cargo of silver and gold coins. This historic Porthole is a one-of-a-kind Shipwreck Artifact recovered in 2003 by Odyssey Marine Exploration.