Record #:

31403

Author(s):

White, Gwen A.

Abstract:

The ironclad warship U.S.S. Monitor sank off the North Carolina coast in 1862 while being towed to Beaufort for an attack on Wilmington. In 1973, researchers located the Monitor shipwreck southeast of Cape Hatteras. Follow-up expeditions resulted in the designation of the Monitor shipwreck as the nation’s first national marine sanctuary.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 1983, p8, il

Subject(s):

MONITOR (Ship); Shipwrecks--North Carolina; National Marine Sanctuary Program