Among some of the artifacts recovered from the ship was a red signal lantern, possibly the one used to send a distress signal to the USS Rhode Island and the last thing seen of the Monitor before it sank. It was the first object recovered from the wreck site in 1977.
A gold wedding band was also recovered from the hand of one of the skeletal remains on one of the Monitor's crew members found in the turret.
Northrup Grumman Shipyard in Newport News constructed a full-scale, non seaworthy model of the Monitor. The replica was laid down in February 2005 and completed just two months later on the grounds of the Mariners' Museum.
The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary conducts occasional dives on the wreck of the monitor and record any changes in its condition and environment.
--Old B-Runner
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