Record #:

16084

Author(s):

Watts, Gordon

Abstract:

The Civil War ironclad Monitor was located on August 27, 1973 when researchers aboard the vessel Eastward found the remains fifteen miles south of Cape Hatteras. The discovery was only possible with the cooperative work between oceanographers, electronic engineers, and archaeologists.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 14 Issue 1, Sept 1974, p8-10, il

Subject(s):

MONITOR (Ship)