Keywords: USSMonitor1862.4.ws.jpg Photo NH 73688 - USS Monitor crewmen cooking USS Monitor 1862 Crewmembers cooking on deck in the James River Virginia 9 July 1862 This view looks forward from the port quarter with the port side blower hatch in the foreground the two smokestacks in the middle distance and the turret beyond The sailor standing atop the turret is holding a telescope Note cookstove supported on bricks at left and awning above the turret http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monitor htm; Courtesy of the Library of Congress U S Naval Historical Center Photograph July 1862 James F Gibson US Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy PD-1923 USS Monitor ship 1862 Sunshades 9 July July 1862 photographs |