 In the 1930s , Lorenzo Hagglund , a veteran of World War I and a history buff , began searching the strait for remains of the battle . In 1932 he found the remains of Royal Savage 's hull , which he successfully raised in 1934 . Stored for more than fifty years , the remains were sold by his son to the National Civil War Museum . As of March 2009 , the remains were in a city garage in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . The city of Plattsburgh , New York , has claimed ownership of the remains and would like them returned to upstate New York . 
