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Monitor 2001 068
010629-N-3093M-004
U.S. Navy divers descend to the wreck site of the U.S.S. Monitor to try and salvage the main engine and other artifacts. The divers are working closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) in a joint venture to salvage the main engine from the wreck to be preserved and later displayed at the MarinerÕs museum in Newport News, VA. The Derrick Barge WOTAN, is serving as the main support vessel for Phase II of the Monitor 2001 expedition, the sixth NOAA-Navy expedition to preserve the historic vessel. The USS Monitor went down off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, in 1862 during a severe storm.
Official U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Chief Petty Officer (DV/SW) Andrew Mckaskle.
CLF Det. Combat Camera Atlantic
Monitor 2001 068
010629-N-3093M-004
U.S. Navy divers descend to the wreck site of the U.S.S. Monitor to try and salvage the main engine and other artifacts. The divers are working closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) in a joint venture to salvage the main engine from the wreck to be preserved and later displayed at the MarinerÕs museum in Newport News, VA. The Derrick Barge WOTAN, is serving as the main support vessel for Phase II of the Monitor 2001 expedition, the sixth NOAA-Navy expedition to preserve the historic vessel. The USS Monitor went down off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, in 1862 during a severe storm.
Official U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Chief Petty Officer (DV/SW) Andrew Mckaskle.
CLF Det. Combat Camera Atlantic