020805-N-0872M-505 Cape Hatteras, NC (Aug. 5, 2002) -- Personnel from the Navy, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), Phoenix International, and the Mariners Museum of Newport News, Va., hoist the gun turret from the sunken Civil War ironclad USS Monitor onto the deck of the derrick barge Wotan. Since its designation as our nation's first marine sanctuary in 1975, the Monitor has been the subject of intense investigation. The turret was the first revolving gun of its kind and will eventually be on public display in the MarinersÕ Museum in Newport News, Va. The famed w

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020805-N-0872M-505 Cape Hatteras, NC (Aug. 5, 2002) -- Personnel from the Navy, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), Phoenix International, and the Mariners Museum of Newport News, Va., hoist the gun turret from the sunken Civil War ironclad USS Monitor onto the deck of the derrick barge Wotan. Since its designation as our nation's first marine sanctuary in 1975, the Monitor has been the subject of intense investigation. The turret was the first revolving gun of its kind and will eventually be on public display in the MarinersÕ Museum in Newport News, Va. The famed warship sank 240 feet to the ocean floor during a heavy storm off Cape Hatteras on Dec. 31, 1862. Four officers and 12 men were lost. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 1st Class Martin Maddock. (RELEASED) US Navy 020805-N-0872M-505 USS Monitor's turret is loaded onto a barge

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