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| Keywords: US Navy 020805-N-0872M-501 USS Monitor salvage site.jpg en Off the coast of Cape Hatteras N C Aug 5 2002 -- The derrick barge Wotan sits over the salvage recovery site for the civil war era Ironclad ship USS Monitor U S Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2 MDSU-2 provided expert deep-sea salvage crews to assist the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA to recover the ship s gun turret 11-inch Dahlgren cannons and other artifacts from the historic vessel Since its designation as our nation's first marine sanctuary in 1975 the Monitor has been the subject of intense investigation The turret was the first revolving gun of its kind and will eventually be on public display in the Mariners Museum in Newport News Va The famed warship sank 240 feet to the ocean floor during a heavy storm off Cape Hatteras on Dec 31 1862 Four officers and 12 men were lost U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Martin Maddock RELEASED For more information go to <a href http //monitor nos noaa gov Target _BLANK >http //monitor nos noaa gov</a> 2002-08-05 020805-N-0872M-501 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2171 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Martin Maddock PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Off the coast of Cape Hatteras N C USS Monitor ship 1862 August 2002 photographs | ||||
