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Naval Reservist Boatswains Mate Second Class Petty Officer (DV) Stacey Stickney of Buckhannon, WV, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Reserve detachment 507, combs through the engine room of the USS Monitor for artifacts during salvage operations off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC. The divers are working from the Derrick Barge WOTAN, the main support vessel for Phase II of the Monitor 2001 expedition, the sixth NOAA-Navy expedition to preserve the historic vessel. The ship went down off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, in 1862 during a severe storm.

Official U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate Second Class Petty Officer (DV) Eric Lippmann

CLF. Det Combat Camera Atlantic

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Uploaded on October 16, 2007
Taken on October 15, 2007