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Jan C. Nielsen
Member
Username: jcnielsen
Post Number: 547
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 4:31 am: | 
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Does anyone know about the status of the recovery of the U.S.S. Monitor's gun turret? Last year, the engine was recovered. This ship is being brought up in pieces. I expect it will eventually be re-assembled in a museum. |
Michael H. Standart
Member
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 3700
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 5:04 am: |
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As far as I know, the gun turret is still down there. The problem is that the beast is pinned under the wreck itself which makes things a bit tricky regarding recovery.
Of course, for all I know, they might have hauled it up by now.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart |
Jan C. Nielsen
Member
Username: jcnielsen
Post Number: 548
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 11:09 pm: |
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Michael,
I saw on one website that the Navy planned to bring up the turret this year. Last year, they raised the engine -- and before that, the propellor. It's a very dangerous dive, because of the bottom currents. Why don't you check with one of your Navy friends and see if any of them know what's afoot?
Take care. |
Michael H. Standart
Member
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 3707
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 11, 2002 - 6:32 am: |
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I might do a Google.com search when I have the chance. I'm not what you would call a "hooked up guy" in Navy circles. I know that Navy divers have been working there for several years.
I had a chance to tour the Nauticus Museum in Norfolk back in '98 to'99 when I was stationed on the USS George Washington, and one of the exhibits they had were the fragments of armour salvaged from the CSS Virginia. Sure would be nice to see that added to.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart |
Colleen Collier
Member
Username: colleen
Post Number: 818
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2002 - 11:40 pm: |
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BONES UNCOVERED!!!
Robert has been watching the recvery effort very closely, and the diary updates. The latest entry, July 26, states they have just uncovered bones and will try to identify (1) if they are human (2) Whose they were. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02monitor/logs/jul26/jul26.html
Colleen |
Erik Wood
Moderator
Username: ewood
Post Number: 1130
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002 - 8:10 pm: |
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Take a look at this news story from
www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/05/uss.monitor.ap/index.html
It's a nice one.
All the Best,
Capt. Erik D. Wood
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Shelley Dziedzic
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Username: shelley
Post Number: 907
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002 - 9:05 pm: |
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The Providence Journal ran a short article this morning that attempts to raise the Monitor's turret were postponed today due to high winds and exceptional currents. |
Tarn Stephanos
Member
Username: titanictarn
Post Number: 484
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Monday, August 5, 2002 - 11:05 pm: |
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and this address...
http://monitor.noaa.gov |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 4193
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 7:43 am: |
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They got it up, and only one delay due to bad weather. These links were offered up on the History and Archaeolgy Forum on Delphi and may be of interest to the membership here.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/05/uss.monitor.ap/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-08-05-ussmonitor_x.htm
http://www.sunspot.net/news/nationworld/bal-monitor05.story?coll=bal%2Dhome%2Dheadlines
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Erik Wood
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Username: ewood
Post Number: 1138
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 1:31 pm: |
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I too read they got it up. Good for them. Isn't this the only large piece they are bringing up???
All the Best,
Capt. Erik D. Wood
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Tarn Stephanos
Member
Username: titanictarn
Post Number: 486
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 2:25 pm: |
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Do you suppose they intend to recover all of the hull? Though crumbled, im sure with some conservation and some bubblegum, it could be pieced togeter again.
What exciting times for Civil War buffs- First the Hunley was raised- Now the Monitor..
Any other Civil War wrecks that should be recovered? How about the General Slocum?
Tarn Stephanos |
Tarn Stephanos
Member
Username: titanictarn
Post Number: 487
Registered: 1-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 2:29 pm: |
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Michael,
here is somthing that puzzles me- I dont think the Navy has any marine archaeology specialty- so where do the divers come from? The Navy webpage lists divers as just being SEALS, but that doesnt seem right..
Also, is NOAA affiliated with the Navy? They seem to have a Navy like officer hierarchy. Or are they more of a merchant marine outfit, or purely civilian? Mabey a branch of the Coast Guard?
regards
Tarn Stephanos |
Erik Wood
Moderator
Username: ewood
Post Number: 1144
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 3:18 pm: |
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NOAA is more affiliated with the U.S. Coast Guard then the navy. Although NOAA maintains the same rank structure for officers it's deck hands and such are just average Joes.
All the Best,
Capt. Erik D. Wood
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Adam Leet
Member
Username: leet
Post Number: 268
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 5:31 pm: |
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"Do you suppose they intend to recover all of the hull? Though crumbled, im sure with some conservation and some bubblegum, it could be pieced togeter again."
I highly doubt they'll attempt to raise the hull, and I believe they mentioned their decision not to salvage it. It's in lousy shape, even worse than Titanic's stern section. All a diver has to do is put his/her hand on a frame, and it crumbles.
Adam |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 4197
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 6:31 pm: |
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Tarn, these are trained Navy divers that are doing the work. As to the hull itself, there are no plans of recovery as it's just too far gone.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Colleen Collier
Member
Username: colleen
Post Number: 830
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 6, 2002 - 7:19 pm: |
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Michael. THANK YOU FOR THE LINKS. Robert has been panic striken because they have not had any updates lately on the NOAA Site. It has become such news that it has been heard on radio stations and news print all over California. I will pass it on so he can watch the progress closer.
Colleen
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 4200
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - 7:56 am: |
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Not a problem Colleen. Now that they have the thing in daylight again, the tough part begins. The conservation and restoration is expected to take ten years.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Erik Wood
Moderator
Username: ewood
Post Number: 1153
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, August 7, 2002 - 1:29 pm: |
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Leave it to Mike to know where all the good links are.
That NOAA site is hard to navigate I think. I wish they would come up with something more people friendly.
All the Best,
Capt. Erik D. Wood
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Jim Hathaway
Member
Username: compassrose
Post Number: 71
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 3:34 am: |
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Northrop-Grummen is building a 1:1 replica of Monitor- here is a link to the article reporting the keel laying-
http://www.nn.northropgrumman.com/news/2005/050307_news.stm
Honjitsu tenki seiro naredomo nami takashi-...
Akiyama Saneyuki
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Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 11740
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, April 18, 2005 - 5:02 am: |
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An interesting project there. Looks to me like they're using some modern day construction techniques including the use of modular sections and welding.
The funny thing is that I've seen the place where the Monitor slugged it out with the Virginia. You can see it from the carrier piers at the Norfolk Naval Base. In military terms, the engagement was tactically a draw and rates as a minor skirmish in a very long war. However, it was a cusp event as it was in this engagement that the days of the wooden man 'o war came to an end when it was shown that even the least of the ironclads could trash the mightiest of the wooden battleships with a few shots.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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Senan Molony
Member
Username: senan_molony
Post Number: 946
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 2:38 pm: |
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VCR alert for major islands off the European mainland -
BBC 2, 9pm, tonight. TIMEWATCH.
Ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia.
2002 recovery of the Monitor, skeletons, etc. |
Michael H. Standart
Moderator
Username: mstandart
Post Number: 28212
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 7:19 am: |
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From The Navy Times:
Divers plan survey of Civil War ironclad
quote:HATTERAS, N.C. — Divers plan to survey the Civil War ironclad Monitor off the North Carolina coast this week with high-definition cameras to look for deterioration in the nearly 150-year-old underwater wreckage.
More at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/06/ap_monitor_divers_062209w/
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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