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Message: [QUOTE="Michael H. Standart, post: 228756, member: 79064"] >>Wasn't the superstructure and boat deck made of a thinner material than the lower decks?<< Yep. About a quarter of an inch as opposed to the near inch thickness of the hull plates. The fact that it's thinner means that it loses integrity all that much faster over time as salt water corrosion and the microbes take their toll. >>So we may loose some of the upper structures but there may still be treasures inside. << Possibly. Considering the sheer passage of time and what the whole of the ship had been through, the interiors are in a remarkable state of preservation. I wouldn't count on anyone poking around inside once the superstructure caves in however. Eventually, the sheer volumn of steel caving in will make this impossible. [/QUOTE]