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| Keywords: US Navy 020805-N-0872M-502 USS Monitor gun turret pulled from the water during salvage operation.jpg en Off the coast of Cape Hatteras N C Aug 5 2002 -- The revolving gun turret from the civil war era Ironclad ship USS Monitor is lifted from the ocean floor and placed onto the derrick barge Wotan 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 For more information go to http //monitor nos noaa gov 2002-08-05 020805-N-0872M-502 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2172 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 | ||||
