Underwater Archaeology On Dry Land

Workers at the Pensacola Naval Air Station have uncovered a Spanish ship buried under 75 feet of sand.

The vessel could date to the mid-1500s, when the first Spanish settlement in what is now the United States was founded here, the archaeologists said.

Construction workers found the wreckage while rebuilding the swim rescue school at the base. The Navy has no plans to do extensive study of the find since it is so deeply buried. They plan to cover the exposed portions, however.