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Peter - I'm not familiar with such definitions or laws in the US.  I'm
speaking from a UK perspective.  War graves are officially classified over
here and they do not include every wreck that a person died on.  Let me make
this clear - IT IS ILLEGAL TO REMOVE ARTIFACTS FROM A WAR GRAVE.  In fact in
some cases it is illegal to dive on a war grave.  Whether you agree or
disagree with this law is a different issue entirely.

Best regards,
John.

>Warship or not--everyone who died on a shipwreck is dead.  They could give
>two shits what you do with the remnants of their vessel.  There is simply
no
>"look but do not touch" rule in effect, in spite of what the US Navy may be
>proclaiming.  Aren't they the ones backing the recovery of the Confederate
>submarine CSS HUNLEY--not merely a war grave, but an actual tomb.  Remember
>the sunken Russian nuclear sub in the Pacific that the US government
>salvaged, disturbing a fresh "war grave" in the interest of espionage?   I
>know that you are British, but this does not mean that you have to blindly
>believe everything that the government proclaims!
>
>You did mention the proposed UNESCO Convention (for the Protection of the
>Underwater Cultural Heritage), which purports to outlaw any private sector
>shipwreck recovery anywhere.  What a crock of crap by a bunch of
non-diving,
>desk-bound bureaucrats who have never even seen a shipwreck, much less ever
>tried to salvage anything.  Last year the US Supreme Court ruled
unanimously
>that a sovereign claimant asserting ownership of an historic shipwreck
cannot
>prevent its recovery by the salvor in possession.  The is the law of the
land
>in the US of A.  We dropped out of UNESCO because of the socialist bullshit
>they constantly try to push onto the rest of the world.  It ain't gonna fly
>over here.  So all you overseas salvors and finders: the US courts are open
>and welcome persons who want to become the owners of what they find and
>recover from underwater.
>Peter Hess
>

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