From the May 13, 2022, Maritime Executive.
U.S. researchers and scientists will soon embark on a 10-day expedition to explore and investigate the shipwreck of the USS Monitor which sank 160 years ago off the North Carolina coast. They will be leaving May 15. This will be the first visit to the wreck since the ship's turret was recovered in 2002.
The remains of the ship are located sixteen miles off Cape Hatteras and the area surrounding the vessel has been designated a national marine sanctuary.
This survey will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the sanctuary. Earlier this year, the 160th anniversary the ship's launching and of the sea battle between the Monitor and the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads which changed naval warfare forever.
Over the course of the two-week mission, researchers will also visit several natural reefs and historical shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina.
--Old B-Runner
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