Dr. John Costlow, (R) retired head of the Duke Maritime Laboratory, and NC Maritime Museum employee David Moore inspect a 2,250 pound cannon barrel, that experts believe was part of Blackbeard's pirate ship "Queen Anne's Revenge," October 29 at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. The excavation of the 18th century shipwreck off the North Carolina coast drew near a close on and researchers remained confident it was the flagship of the notorious English pirate Blackbeard.

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