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An example of a confederate-style ironclad warship used during the American Civil War.

Navy divers are working to raise the metal skeleton of a confederate warship, which remained hidden underwater for more than 150 years.

The size of the ship, the CSS Georgia, is so immense that the team is raising the ship in increments of 5-ton chunks—including sections of cannons and unexploded shells. The major challenge comes as the divers work to salvage the last main section, more than 250,000 pounds of the ironclad’s armored siding.

The CSS Georgia is believed to be one of the primitive designs of the now-iconic armored warships used by the confederacy. The ship was built with three layers of timber, and covered in 24-foot-long strips of railroad iron.

More information on the discovery and recovery can be found, here.