USS Monitor

[Senan Molony]

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]

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/

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Navy Newsstand:
Remains of Monitor Sailors to be Interred at Arlington National Cemetery
See Remains of Monitor Sailors to be Interred at Arlington National Cemetery

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Navy Newsstand:
USS Monitor Interment Open to the Public
See USS Monitor Interment Open to the Public