The USS Monitor and NOAA: A Look Through Time

Travel back to 1862 in this educational video to learn how the USS Monitor turned the tide of the Civil War. The video not only includes the history of the Monitor, but also the discovery of the shipwreck in 1973, the site's designation as the first national marine sanctuary, and the recovery of major iconic artifacts and how they are being conserved today. The video also highlights the
discovery of two Monitor sailors' remains, attempts to identify the sailors, and their burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Funding for this video was provided in part by NOAA & The Preserve America Initiative.

[andrewvida]

I remember reading "The Monitor And The Merrimac" when I was 7 or 8. I'd gotten the book at a rummage sale held in our church. I still have that book. The story really grabbed me, and there were drawings!

[edwardbenkert]

That is so cool I can't wait to see the monitor

[Irish_For_Life]

Silly question. Why not bring the rest of Monitor up? Cost too much? Not worth the time? It seems like your got through to the point of the "big lift" and stopped. We will do it later? Just wondering.

[VictorLepanto]

Are there any "ironclad" type ships from the Civil War which survived intact (relatively so)?

[tombaker]

One thing not mentioned in this video is NOAA's long-standing, determined effort to prevent qualified non-governmental divers to dive on the wreck. Only after a court decision did this federal bureaucracy open this site to the public. Like any bureacracy, NOAA constantly seeks to expand, and increase its control over public resources. Some of that is good and necessary, but some of it is governmental overreach, as was the case with the Monitor Sanctuary.

[orbitboi]

Pity they didn't bring up the rest of the monitor.

[ClamTram]

You sure that’s a ship and not a submarine?