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| Keywords: US Navy 020805-N-0872M-505 USS Monitor's turret is loaded onto a barge.jpg en Cape Hatteras NC Aug 5 2002 -- Personnel from the U S Navy the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency NOAA Phoenix International and the Mariners Museum of Newport News Va hoist the gun turret from the sunken Civil War ironclad USS Monitor onto the deck of the derrick barge Wotan 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-505 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 2204 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Martin Maddock PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Cape Hatteras NC USS Monitor ship 1862 August 2002 photographs | ||||
