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This trumpet was illegally salvaged recently from the wreck of the USS Houston, a heavy cruiser lost at the outset of World War II off the Indonesian coast. The trumpet is now under the care of the Naval History and Heritage Command’s underwater archeology branch that preserves, protects and fights to recover looted U.S. Naval history. Efforts are underway to preserve the trumpet while Navy divers prepare to survey the wreck of the Houston this month during annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercises.

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