Epic. Iconic. Legendary. USS Monitorโ€™s story is exactly that. This year marks the 20th anniversary of raising the famous ironcladโ€™s gun turret off the ocean floor, where it sat for 140 years. Just like the innovative weapon, this feat was revolutionary. The divers, archaeologists, engineers - the US Navy, NOAA, and countless others, worked together to accomplish this mission. Come celebrate with us on Saturday, August 6 from 10am-3pm to experience once again this monumental moment in history! Ev
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Epic. Iconic. Legendary. USS Monitorโ€™s story is exactly that. This year marks the 20th anniversary of raising the famous ironcladโ€™s gun turret off the ocean floor, where it sat for 140 years. Just like the innovative weapon, this feat was revolutionary. The divers, archaeologists, engineers - the US Navy, NOAA, and countless others, worked together to accomplish this mission. Come celebrate with us on Saturday, August 6 from 10am-3pm to experience once again this monumental moment in history! Ev
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Marinersโ€™ Museum drains conservation tank housing USS Monitor gun turret
Marinersโ€™ Museum drains conservation tank housing USS Monitor gun turret
Feb 21, 2025
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Tour of USS Monitorโ€™s drained gun turret tank
Tour of USS Monitorโ€™s drained gun turret tank
Mar 3, 2025
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On this day in 2002, USS Monitor's turret was finally recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, its first time above water since the ironclad sank 140 years prior. This recovery would not have been possible without the teamwork and dedication of countless individuals and organizations, including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Navy , FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, East Carolina University, and the undersea research team at UNCW . The turret is a vital piece
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On this day in 2002, USS Monitor's turret was finally recovered from the Atlantic Ocean, its first time above water since the ironclad sank 140 years prior. This recovery would not have been possible without the teamwork and dedication of countless individuals and organizations, including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Navy , FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, East Carolina University, and the undersea research team at UNCW . The turret is a vital piece
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Conservators clean Civil War ironclad USS Monitor's guns
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Conservators clean Civil War ironclad USS Monitor's guns
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USS Monitor: recovering the Turret 20 years ago
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USS Monitor: recovering the Turret 20 years ago
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Tour of USS Monitorโ€™s drained gun turret tank
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Tour of USS Monitorโ€™s drained gun turret tank
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USS Monitor | Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
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USS Monitor: From Weapon of War to Island of Life
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โœจEVENING LECTUREโœจ Conservation of USS Monitor โš“๏ธ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thursday, May 15 | 7 p.m. Curious about what it takes to conserve one of the most iconic ships? Join Director of Conservation and Chief Conservator Will Hoffman for a fascinating look at the groundbreaking techniques and conservation practices being used to treat USS Monitor's turret. Learn the challenges and accomplishments of this work and the future steps required to get the turret out of the tank and on public display. To join in person or
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Look at restoration and conservation progress USS Monitor Turret Tower
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The Conservation of USS Monitorโ€™s Skeg Assembly: Part 1 โœจ ๐Ÿ—๏ธ For the past 10 years, our Conservation team here at The Mariners' has been working to conserve the skeg assembly of USS Monitor! This winter, the two-ton, 28-foot-long assembly became the largest assembly of USS Monitor to complete its treatment to date and is now right side up for the first time since the ship was launched on January 30, 1862. Watch part 1 of the conservation of USS Monitor's skeg assembly to learn about this fascin
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USS Monitor Engine Removed from Water for First Time in Nearly a Decade
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New sonar technology reveals the USS Monitor like never before
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Explore the Blue: 360° Exploration of the USS Monitor
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USS Monitor Center Documentary
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Turret of USS Monitor visible at Mariners' Museum
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3-D MODELING USS MONITORโ€™S ARTIFACTS โš“๏ธโœจ Earlier this year, over 300 visitors came out to witness our collaboration with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (MNMS), and the University of West Florida to scan and 3-D model some of Monitorโ€™s recovered artifacts. In this video, you can see our teams working together towards the same goal - putting a piece of Monitorโ€™s incredible past in your hands. In the future, these scans will allow us to 3-D
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The Conservation of USS Monitorโ€™s Skeg Assembly: Part 2 โœจ ๐Ÿ—๏ธ How do you clean a 28-foot-long beam that sat on the ocean floor for over 130 years? Over the past 10 years, our incredible conservation team has adapted and implemented the use of Dry Ice Blasting technology into the treatment of USS Monitor's artifacts, especially the skeg beam! Check out part 2 of this conservation highlight to learn about this incredible technique and its effects on, not only the treatment of USS Monitor's artifac
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The Recovery Theater: Race to rescue the Monitor's turret
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Lifting and flipping USS Monitor's Condenser ๐Ÿ—๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆ For the first time in 160 years, USS Monitor's condenser bed is rightside up! In this video series, you can watch our Conservation team separating the condenser and its support bed, flipping the bed, and lifting both elements into their new treatment tank. During the move, our team noticed a lump of concretion where the bed and condenser met. It turned out to be a rubber gasket! It's a mystery as to how it ended up wedged between the two. The ga
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The USS Monitor and NOAA: A Look Through Time
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