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Brent Phinney finds artifact
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In 1998, Brent Phinney was salvaging logs when he found two cannons and a swivel gun lying on the bottom of the Penobscot River. A year later, he discovered an old shipwreck nearby.

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Bringing in the Navy
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For their expertise and funding, the Navy was brought in to excavate and save the artifacts of the Penobscot Expedition.

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The British Ordinance Board
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In contrast to the ragged band of Rebels, the British stationed at Ft. George were well-trained and battle-hardened and had the advantage of the British Ordinance Board.

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Chaos in defeat
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On a desperate flight from the British fleet, the Americans deliberately burn and sink 35 of their own ships, and throw an untold number of munitions overboard to keep them out of British hands.

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The Consequences-separate Maine
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The Penobscot expedition was pivotal in the movement to separate Maine from Massachusetts, largely because it was a military and financial disaster, which meant Massachusetts could no longer protect Maine from the British.

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Contacting Warren Riess
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After Brent Phinney found an old shipwreck in 1998 on the bottom of the Penobscot River, he contacted Warren Riess of the Darling Marine Center.

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Destructiveness of ice
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The winters in Maine are particularly destructive to the Penobscot disaster site.

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End & Credits - The Penobscot Expedition and the Revolution
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The Faulty Gun
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The swivel gun found in the Penobscot did not belong to the English, but to the rebels. They were using a defective weapon and paid for it.

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The Forgotten Episode
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The Penobscot disaster is usually regarded as the worst American Naval disaster with the exception of Pearl Harbor. But the Penobscot campaign simply is a forgotten episode in most American histories.

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