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| 83.1 | Sorry, couldn't resist. | SMURF::BINDER | Ut aperies opera | Wed Sep 23 1992 10:45 | 4 |
| The last resting place of the U.S.S. Monitor is near Cape Hatteras, but
it's in about 30 fathoms of water. :-)
-dick
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| 83.2 | Photo's of the wreck? | WMOIS::MACK_J | | Mon Oct 12 1992 15:23 | 11 |
| Didn't the National Geographic do some photographic work on the
wreck? Or was that someone else? I believe that it came to rest
upside down, on it's turret or something like that. Memory is
going on me, but I seem to recall that it was fairly intact (as
wrecks go anyways, which isn't to say it looks exactly like it
did the day it left Drydock) but it's identifiable. Also thought
there was some sort of ideas being kicked around to raise it,
however, because of the amount of time it's been there and so
forth those plans would have to encompass a lot of measures
to insure that it stayed together as it was raised.
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| 83.3 | | SMURF::BINDER | Ut aperies opera | Tue Oct 13 1992 10:16 | 10 |
| There was a quite stunning article about the Monitor in National
geographic a couple of years ago. There was historical information
along with photos, including a mosaic of the whole boat. As I recall,
it was indeed capsized, with various parts strewn about the area.
I believe thoughts of raising the boat were scuttled (pun intended) by
the hard facts of its being too badly corroded to be raised with any
degree of success.
-dick
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| 83.4 | So I wasn't dreaming...or... | WMOIS::MACK_J | | Fri Oct 16 1992 11:07 | 10 |
| RE: .3
So I wasn't "in my cups" after all and did see that article.
Thanks for confirming that. Wasn't there something about a
Leather Belt that drove part of the engine or something that
they could Identify? I seem to recall that it had settled on
its turret and over the years the thing has gradually been
decomposing. Never did find out if it went down before everyone
could get out or not though.
--Jon
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| 83.5 | | SMURF::BINDER | Ut aperies opera | Fri Oct 16 1992 11:34 | 4 |
| I don't recall just what the article said, but I file Geographic and
will look for it.
-dick
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