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Photo # NH 96723:  USS Monitor's wreck, as found off Cape Hatteras in April 1974

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USS Monitor (1862-1862) --
Relics and Miscellaneous Documents


This page features views of relics of USS Monitor and miscellaneous documents related to the ship.

For links to more pictorial coverage of USS Monitor, see:

  • USS Monitor (1862-1862) -- Selected Views.

    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 96723

    USS Monitor (1862)


    Photographic mosaic of the ship's remains, composed of individual photographs taken from the research ship Alcoa Seaprobe in April 1974, when Monitor's wreck was initially discovered.
    Monitor lies upside down, in badly damaged condition, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In this image, her bow is to the right, with her turret displaced and visible in the lower left, with the hull resting atop it.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 79KB; 900 x 315 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95385

    USS Monitor (1862)


    Souvenir copy of a pencil sketch of the ship's wreck, based on a photo mosaic made from photographs taken by the research vessel Alcoa Seaprobe, during an expedition to examine Monitor's wreck, 31 March - 7 April 1974.
    The sketch was made by W. Andahazy, 5 April 1974. It has been signed by the members of the expedition party and ship's crew.

    Courtesy of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 92590-KN (Color)

    USS Monitor (1862)

    Lantern recovered from the ship's wreck site in August 1979. It was photographed soon after recovery, before conservation work had begun.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90167

    USS Monitor (1862)


    Obverse of a copper commemorative coin, dated 1863. This coin had exactly the same dimensions as a penny (Diameter 0.75"; Thickness 0.06") and was of a rather brassy color, yellower than a modern penny.
    See Photo # NH 90168 for a view of this coin's reverse side.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ann Marshall, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 690 x 655 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 90168

    USS Monitor (1862)


    Reverse of a copper commemorative coin, dated 1863. This coin had exactly the same dimensions as a penny (Diameter 0.75"; Thickness 0.06") and was of a rather brassy color, yellower than a modern penny.
    See Photo # NH 90167 for a view of this coin's obverse side.

    Courtesy of Mrs. Ann Marshall, 1979.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 690 x 655 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82578

    USS Monitor (1862)


    Letter from the ship's officers to Commander Thomas H. Stevens, on the occasion of his detachment as her Commanding Officer. Dated 10 September 1862, at Newport News, Virginia, it is signed by Lieutenant Samuel D. Greene, Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye, Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Acting Assistant Paymaster William F. Keeler and Acting Assistant Surgeon Daniel C. Logue.
    See Photo # NH 82579 for a view of the letter's reverse side.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 156KB; 585 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 82579

    USS Monitor (1862)


    Reverse side of a letter from the ship's officers to Commander Thomas H. Stevens, on the occasion of his detachment as her Commanding Officer. Dated 10 September 1862, at Newport News, Virginia, this side is signed by Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell, Third Assistant Engineer George H. White, Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, Third Assistant Engineer Mark T. Sunstrom and Acting Master's Mate George Frederickson.
    See Photo # NH 82578 for a view of the letter's front side.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 105KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     

    For links to more pictorial coverage of USS Monitor, see:

  • USS Monitor (1862-1862) -- Selected Views.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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