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I clung to the deck of the ironclad, as it grudgingly lifted up through the water I was in grave need of air to feed s, but I wasn't about to attempt what the whale divers had done

They'd done that drown a little bit at a tioon as if it was air No thanks! That was for the birds in my opinion

The ironclad crowned out of the water reborn after a hundred and fifty years below Water sheeted off everywhere and I gasped for air for a few briefmy way below decks for the open scuttle cocks near the rudder even as Jim went for the one at the forward prow

It was dark, but I knehat to feel for Soon I had the job accomplished and I made my way back up out of the water below decks to suck down more air topside In my absence Matt and his crew had cli how the e pu water even as un ports The whales with their tusks to the sky had risen out of the water as far as they could go

The whales let off and sank doard, but the ironclad though heavy laden ater stayed afloat A cheer went up all around and I began to be the recipient of ood mood was infectious and I returned so control of ht, that's enough for now We've got another ship to raise"

The second ship went th and less in diameter than the first ship had been I was back on the first ironclad that was now free of water

I was standing in the boiler rooa's face was con environment with a sort of dread filled curiosity

I slapped hiood naturedly and said, "Well I' around you'll find out how it all works Ortega Everything depends on you getting this working Ortega so don't letat the dead eyed look he'd given me in response to a turned back to the boiler, his brow furrowed in concentration, as he tried to put a foreign language of parts into a readable context he could understand