| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
an historic ship completes itsfinal voyage |
| Author: |
BroadwaterJohn D, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
College Station |
| Published: |
Texas A&M University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (338 p.). |
| Series: |
Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series |
| Subject: |
Excavations (Archaeology) - North Carolina - |
| Subject: |
Underwater archaeology - North Carolina - |
| Subject: |
Shipwrecks - North Carolina - |
| Subject: |
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - |
| Subject: |
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (N.C.) - |
| Subject: |
Hatteras, Cape (N.C.) - Antiquities - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603447492/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9781603447492electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1603447490electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781603444736hbk. |
| ISBN: |
1603444734hbk. |
| ISBN: |
9781603444743pbk. |
| ISBN: |
1603444742pbk. |
| Content Note: |
Prologue: first encounter -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Following new orders -- Facing the Cape -- Both ironclads in trouble -- Distress aboard Monitor -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Discovery-- Early attempts to locate Monitor -- Discovery and positive identification of Monitor-- The formal announcement and follow-up plans -- The R/V Alcoa seaprobe mapping cruise, April 1974 -- Story of an ironclad -- The slow evolution of naval technology -- Arms versus armor -- American ironclads capture the world's attention -- The ultimate test: the battle of Hampton Roads -- A sanctuary for America -- Protecting Monitor -- InvestigatingMonitor -- NOAA/Harbor Branch Foundation submersible expeditions -- NOAA reassesses its management strategy -- Institutional and private research expeditions,1974-1979 -- Private dive expeditions,1990-1997 -- Next steps -- Charting a new course for the Monitor -- Escalating management issues -- Reassessment of Monitor management strategy -- Congressional mandate for a Monitor preservation plan -- Development of the comprehensive, long-range plan -- Summary of the final comprehensive, long-range plan -- Final recommendations -- Initial planning and implementation -- Implementing the recovery plan -- Help from a new source -- Propeller recovery expedition, 1998 -- Data collection expedition, 1999 -- Engineering the recovery of Monitor's machinery --Hull stabilization and deployment of engine recovery structure, 2000 -- Steam engine recovery, 2001-- Monitor completes its final voyage -- Gun turret recovery, 2002 -- 2002 Monitor expedition -- InMonitor's turret -- Entering a tomb -- Monitor completes its final voyage -- The turret's final journey -- Back in the turret -- Revelations from the turret -- The sanctuary's future -- Epilogue: telling Monitor's story |