An edition of USS Monitor
(2012)
USS Monitor
an historic ship completes its final voyage
1st ed.
by John D. Broadwater
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Monitor (Ironclad), History, Underwater archaeology, Naval operations, Excavations (Archaeology), Antiquities, Shipwrecks, Monitor (ironclad), Excavations (archaeology), Hatteras, cape (n.c.), North carolina, antiquities, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, naval operationsPlaces
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (N.C.), United States, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Hatteras, Cape (N.C.)Times
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USS Monitor: an historic ship completes its final voyage
2012, Texas A&M University Press
in English
- 1st ed.
1603444734 9781603444736
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Prologue: first encounter
"The Monitor is no more"
Following new orders
Facing the Cape
Both ironclads in trouble
Distress aboard Monitor
"The Monitor is no more"
Discovery
Early attempts to locate Monitor
Discovery and positive identification of Monitor
The formal announcement and follow-up plans
The R/V Alcoa seaprobe mapping cruise, April 1974
Story of an ironclad
The slow evolution of naval technology
Arms versus armor
American ironclads capture the world's attention
The ultimate test: the battle of Hampton Roads
A sanctuary for America
Protecting Monitor
Investigating Monitor
NOAA/Harbor Branch Foundation submersible expeditions
NOAA reassesses its management strategy
Institutional and private research expeditions, 1974-1979
Private dive expeditions,1990-1997
Next steps
Charting a new course for the Monitor
Escalating management issues
Reassessment of Monitor management strategy
Congressional mandate for a Monitor preservation plan
Development of the comprehensive, long-range plan
Summary of the final comprehensive, long-range plan
Final recommendations
Initial planning and implementation
Implementing the recovery plan
Help from a new source
Propeller recovery expedition, 1998
Data collection expedition, 1999
Engineering the recovery of Monitor's machinery
Hull stabilization and deployment of engine recovery structure, 2000
Steam engine recovery, 2001
Monitor completes its final voyage
Gun turret recovery, 2002
2002 Monitor expedition
In Monitor's turret
Entering a tomb
Monitor completes its final voyage
The turret's final journey
Back in the turret
Revelations from the turret
The sanctuary's future
Epilogue: telling Monitor's story.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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