Editing CSS David (section)

==Wrecks discovered==
On January 20, 1998, underwater archaeologist Dr. [[E. Lee Spence]] led a [[Sea Research Society]] expedition, funded by philanthropist Stanley M. Fulton, to find the remains of the two Confederate torpedo boats shown in various photos taken shortly after the fall of Charleston. Spence's theory was that the two vessels had been abandoned where they lay and were simply filled over as the city expanded.<ref>''Treasures of the Confederate Coast: the "real Rhett Butler" & Other Revelations'' by Dr. [[E. Lee Spence]], (Narwhal Press, Charleston/Miami, 1995), {{ISBN|1-886391-00-9}}, p. 375</ref> Spence used still existing houses in the pictures to triangulate where they might be. Using a ground penetrating radar, operated by Claude E. "Pete" Petrone of ''[[National Geographic Magazine]]'', the expedition located two radar anomalies consistent with what would be expected of the two wrecks. The anomalies were under present-day Tradd Street, so no excavation was done.<ref>''Post and Courier'', Charleston, South Carolina, January 21, 1998, Section A, p. 1</ref> A post-war letter written by [[David C. Ebaugh]], who supervised the construction of ''David'', described her as abandoned at what was then the foot of Tradd Street.<ref>''The South Carolina Historical Magazine'', Vol. 54, No. 1 (Jan., 1953), pp. 32-36</ref>
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[[File:CSS David (large).jpg|right|thumb|The large "David"-type steamer at Charleston in 1865]]