The USS Monitor and NOAA: A Look Through Time
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2014
- Travel back to 1862 in this educational video to learn how the USS Monitor turned the tide of the Civil War. The video not only includes the history of the Monitor, but also the discovery of the shipwreck in 1973, the site's designation as the first national marine sanctuary, and the recovery of major iconic artifacts and how they are being conserved today. The video also highlights the
discovery of two Monitor sailors' remains, attempts to identify the sailors, and their burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Funding for this video was provided in part by NOAA & The Preserve America Initiative.
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary - monitor.noaa.gov
National Marine Sanctuaries - sanctuaries.noaa.gov
Preserve America - preserveamerica.noaa.gov - Наука та технологія
I remember reading "The Monitor And The Merrimac" when I was 7 or 8. I'd gotten the book at a rummage sale held in our church. I still have that book. The story really grabbed me, and there were drawings!
Andrew! Your posting is so interesting. To me at least. I too took out a book titled "The Monitor and the Merrimac" written by Fletcher Pratt. I took out this book when I was about 10 years old in grade school.
I loved it and took it out so often I decided to buy it. This was back in the early 60's. I actually put cash in an envelope and mailed it to the Random House in NYC and received the book by mail. I have the book right on the side of me as I reply to your posting. I do not have the original dust cover (if it had one) but the cover is blue. Sound familiar? This book has been in my possesion for almost 60 years. I will never let it go! I have always been interest in the American Civil War. A model of the Monitor and the Virginia are just an arms length away as I post. Been to the Mariner's Museum too! Just curious. Did the exact same book influence a young person like it did me?
That is so cool I can't wait to see the monitor
Silly question. Why not bring the rest of Monitor up? Cost too much? Not worth the time? It seems like your got through to the point of the "big lift" and stopped. We will do it later? Just wondering.
Really good information. Thank you.
Are there any "ironclad" type ships from the Civil War which survived intact (relatively so)?
I suppose you could stretch the definition of "ironclad" and give an affirmative answer. The CSS Hunley was a converted boiler turned into a submarine and was the first sub to sink a vessel in combat. Using a spar torpedo the Hunley sank the USS Housatonic in 1864. She was recovered and is still being preserved .
One thing not mentioned in this video is NOAA's long-standing, determined effort to prevent qualified non-governmental divers to dive on the wreck. Only after a court decision did this federal bureaucracy open this site to the public. Like any bureacracy, NOAA constantly seeks to expand, and increase its control over public resources. Some of that is good and necessary, but some of it is governmental overreach, as was the case with the Monitor Sanctuary.
Had she not been protected by law she'd likely have been stripped and looted by trophy hunters much as the Andrea Doria and other deep wrecks have been. This is a war grave and a historic relic that belongs to all the people of the United States and future generations. It absolutely deserves the full protection that has been accorded it. It may be dived by qualified and properly trained divers who can apply for a permit through NOAA.
Divers from the New York Aquarium conducted a series of dives on the USS Monitor in 2016 and 2017, to help assess its condition and to monitor the fish populations that inhabit the sanctuary area.
Pity they didn't bring up the rest of the monitor.
You sure that’s a ship and not a submarine?