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300-year-old cannon recovered from pirate Blackbeard's ship

Researchers led by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Underwater Archaeology Branch rest a recovered 2,000-pound cannon on the back of a NOAA research vessel from the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, which has been on the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast for nearly 300 years, Wednesday.
Blackbeard's cannon
Researchers led by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Underwater Archaeology Branch rest a recovered 2

Researchers led by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Underwater Archaeology Branch rest a recovered 2,000-pound cannon on the back of a NOAA research vessel from the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's ship, which has been on the ocean floor off the North Carolina coast for nearly 300 years, Wednesday.