From the Abandoned Warships site. "Russian Monitor Strelets" Video. (Definitely something to check out.)
When the Strelets was converted into a floating workshop in 1901, construction workers added an additional hull over the monitor hull. Only the lower part of the hull showing is the actual hull. The current photographs show mostly the added hull on the ship. Remember that monitors rode low in the water.
The narrator isn't sure if the original turret is preserved within the hull, but doesn't think it is. I'm fairly sure it was removed, but wouldn't that be something if it was still there. The guns, of course, would have been removed.
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There is also an extended discussion on the Civil War Talk site about the Strelets from May 17, 2017, "Russian Monitor To Be Restored."
--Old B-Runner
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