Civil War ironclad USS Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a storm on December 31, 1862. Discovered in 1973, the wreck site became out nation’s first national marine sanctuary on January 30, 1975. Photo: NOAA
USS Monitor
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Civil War ironclad USS Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during a storm on December 31, 1862. Discovered in 1973, the wreck site became out nation’s first national marine sanctuary on January 30, 1975.
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