Many of the artifacts you see here can be seen at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia. The Mariners' Museum, one of the largest international maritime museums in the world, is dedicated to "preserving and interpreting the culture of the sea and its tributaries, its conquest by man, and its influence on civilization." It is a nonprofit, educational institution sponsored in part by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and has been accredited since 1972 by the American Association of Museums.

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398 x 494
Recovered anchor
of the USS Monitor

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280 x 396
The USS Monitor anchor
on display in
the Mariner's Museum

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193 x 288
Badly eroded piece
of armor plating

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286 x 189
Armor plate being
brought aboard

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432 x 208
"Battle of the Ironclads"
- the Monitor is in
the right foreground

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282 x 189
Mustard bottle
recovered from the wreck

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191 x 284
Harold Edgerton
with his recovered
deep-sea camera

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432 x 180
Underwater image of
hull and turret

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321 x 383
Underwater image of
portion of wreck

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331 x 141
Image of USS Monitor

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360 x 247
" Bombardment and Capture
of Island 'Number Ten' "
- Currier and Ives, 1862

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191 x 289
Signal lantern
recovered in 1977

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432 x 396
The deck of the
USS Monitor - 1862

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294 x 178
Model recreation of
the wreck site

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397 x 260
Reversing wheel covered
with marine life

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443 x 314
The foundering of the Monitor
- Harper's Weekly, 1863

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JOHNSON SEA-LINK pilot,
Tim Askew - 1977





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