One of the nation's most revered military shipwrecks was visited in May by a NOAA-backed team and they made a surprising discovery 16 miles off North Carolina. The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is ...
HATTERAS, N.C. -- The coral-encrusted gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised Monday from the floor of the Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during a storm ...
The Mariners’ Museum On certain days, the turret tank is drained so conservators are able to work inside it. Treatment includes removing interior plating, cleaning and stabilization. The Mariners’ ...
NORTH CAROLINA -- One of the nation's most revered military shipwrecks was visited in May by a NOAA-backed team and they made a surprising discovery 16 miles off North Carolina. The Civil War ironclad ...
Despite being 240 feet down on the seafloor since 1862, the USS Monitor remains in “an excellent state of preservation,” according to Tane Renata Casserley of NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
One of the nation’s most revered military shipwrecks was visited in May by a NOAA-backed team and they made a surprising discovery 16 miles off North Carolina. The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is ...
One of the nation’s most revered military shipwrecks was visited in May by a NOAA-backed team and they made a surprising discovery 16 miles off North Carolina. The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is ...