{"id":1498619,"date":"2022-05-31T16:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T20:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498619"},"modified":"2022-05-31T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T20:15:03","slug":"graveyard-of-the-atlantic-expedition-documents-ironclad-warship-that-went-down-during-the-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graveyard-of-the-atlantic-expedition-documents-ironclad-warship-that-went-down-during-the-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Graveyard Of The Atlantic\u2019: Expedition Documents Ironclad Warship That Went Down During The Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraveyard-of-the-atlantic-expedition-documents-ironclad-warship-that-went-down-during-the-civil-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498619&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An underwater expedition this month found that a Civil War ironclad warship sunk off the coast of North Carolina was still preserved in a time capsule-like state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A crew from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) went to Cape Hatteras and sailed out 16 miles to find that the wreck of the USS Monitor, a ship used by the Union during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/american-civil-war\">Civil War<\/a>, was still in \u201can excellent state of preservation\u201d on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/atlantic-ocean\"> Atlantic<\/a> seafloor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wreck is in an astounding condition after being on the seafloor for 160 years and weathering all of the environmental conditions off Cape Hatteras, including exceedingly strong currents and hurricanes,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/state\/north-carolina\/article261885685.html\">said<\/a> Tane Renata Casserley, of the NOAA, to McClatchy News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Monitor took part in the first-ever\u00a0clash of ironclads (a warship covered in iron) in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, against the Confederate vessel, the CSS Virginia (which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysl.nysed.gov\/mssc\/merrimac\/index.html\">had<\/a> been the USS Merrimack before being repurposed by the Confederacy). One of the key features of the Monitor was the rotating gun turret which can now be <a href=\"https:\/\/chesapeakebaymagazine.com\/deep-dive-shipwreck-of-ironclad-uss-monitor-gets-high-tech-exploration\/\">viewed<\/a> at the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, the Monitor would sink off the coast of North Carolina, taking the lives of 16 crew members. It went down in an area known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic because of the frequent wrecks in those waters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeaks developed, flooding the engines and reducing steam pressure needed for propulsion. The crew tried using pumps and even bailing with buckets, but the distress was too great,\u201d an NOAA <a href=\"https:\/\/monitor.noaa.gov\/shipwrecks\/uss_monitor.html\">report<\/a> on the sinking explains. \u201cThe turret was the only escape hatch from below and as the men attempted dashing across the deck many of them were swept into the unknown by the treacherous waves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From May 15, 2022, the NOAA and the Global Foundation for Ocean Exploration used a remote camera to view the Monitor\u2019s wreck as part of the Valor in the Atlantic initiative. This initiative intends to document and publicize photos and videos of historic shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, specifically those related to World War II and the Civil War.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ship\u2019s wreck, examined extensively this month for the first time since 2002, is protected under the National Maritime Sanctuary Act, the first such location to be put under such protection. In 2001, NOAA, working with the U.S. Navy, pulled the Monitor\u2019s steam engine out of the Atlantic. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat same iron hull and armorbelt built to withstand the rigors of war, has now enabled Monitor to provide a stable habitat in its new role as an island of life,\u201d Casserley said. \u201cIt truly was incredible to see the transformation at the bottom of the ocean. There was often so much marine life on Monitor it was difficult to see the shipwreck itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also described the ironclad as \u201ca time capsule back to 1862,\u201d adding that parts of it were in better condition than wrecks from similar times and World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is USS Monitor will be here for generations to come to share its stories of heroism,\u201d Casserley explained.<\/p>\n<p>On Memorial Day, the National Marine Sanctuary System put out a series of tweets on the Monitor showing an image of the ironclad resting on the ocean floor.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Memorial Day, we honor those who have given their lives in service of our nation. In addition to protecting important ecosystems, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanctuaries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sanctuaries<\/a> also protect historical maritime heritage resources. Let&#8217;s go back in time and visit USS Monitor, now protected by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonitorNMS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MonitorNMS<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WDQlVe9TKW\">pic.twitter.com\/WDQlVe9TKW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanctuaries (NOAA) (@sanctuaries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanctuaries\/status\/1531306956400435200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The organization also noted that two of the sailors who drowned when the ship sank were buried in Arlington National Cemetery after their remains were found in the ironclad\u2019s turret back in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An underwater expedition this month found that a Civil War ironclad warship sunk off the coast of North Carolina was still preserved in a time capsule-like state.\u00a0 A crew from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) went to Cape Hatteras and sailed out 16 miles to find that the wreck of the USS Monitor, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1498659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}