US Government Fights to Stop New Titanic Expedition

US Government Fights to Stop New Titanic Expedition
The port bow railing of the Titanic lies in 12,600 feet of water about 400 miles east of Nova Scotia, Canada, in a file photo. Reuters
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NORFOLK, Va.—The U.S. government is trying to stop a planned expedition to recover items of historical interest from the sunken Titanic, citing a federal law and an international agreement that treat the shipwreck as a hallowed gravesite.

The expedition is being organized by RMS Titanic Inc., the Georgia-based firm that owns the salvage rights to the world’s most famous shipwreck. The company exhibits artifacts that have been recovered from the wreck site at the bottom of the North Atlantic, from silverware to a piece of the Titanic’s hull.