Lost Military

USS Monitor

1862 · Lost ironclad · Off Cape Hatteras, NC

Found

Where. Off Cape Hatteras, NC
Status. Found

The account

The revolutionary Civil War ironclad foundered under tow in a gale. Found in 1973; its turret was raised in 2002.

The site is documented at Off Cape Hatteras, NC; the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (NOAA), diving & recovery federally regulated.
What is there: study the documented surveys of USS Monitor before going.

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