USS Monitor
Subtitle: an historic ship completes its final voyage
By: John D. Broadwater
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series; Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781603444736; 9781603444743; 9781603447492
Subjects: Monitor (Ironclad); History; Underwater archaeology; Naval operations; Excavations (Archaeology); Antiquities; Shipwrecks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: first encounter; title: "The Monitor is no more"; title: Following new orders; title: Facing the Cape; title: Both ironclads in trouble; title: Distress aboard Monitor; title: "The Monitor is no more"; title: Discovery; title: Early attempts to locate Monitor; title: Discovery and positive identification of Monitor; title: The formal announcement and follow-up plans; title: The R/V Alcoa seaprobe mapping cruise, April 1974; title: Story of an ironclad; title: The slow evolution of naval technology; title: Arms versus armor; title: American ironclads capture the world's attention; title: The ultimate test: the battle of Hampton Roads; title: A sanctuary for America; title: Protecting Monitor; title: Investigating Monitor; title: NOAA/Harbor Branch Foundation submersible expeditions; title: NOAA reassesses its management strategy; title: Institutional and private research expeditions, 1974-1979; title: Private dive expeditions,1990-1997; title: Next steps; title: Charting a new course for the Monitor; title: Escalating management issues; title: Reassessment of Monitor management strategy; title: Congressional mandate for a Monitor preservation plan; title: Development of the comprehensive, long-range plan; title: Summary of the final comprehensive, long-range plan; title: Final recommendations; title: Initial planning and implementation; title: Implementing the recovery plan; title: Help from a new source; title: Propeller recovery expedition, 1998; title: Data collection expedition, 1999; title: Engineering the recovery of Monitor's machinery; title: Hull stabilization and deployment of engine recovery structure, 2000; title: Steam engine recovery, 2001; title: Monitor completes its final voyage; title: Gun turret recovery, 2002; title: 2002 Monitor expedition; title: In Monitor's turret; title: Entering a tomb; title: Monitor completes its final voyage; title: The turret's final journey; title: Back in the turret; title: Revelations from the turret; title: The sanctuary's future; title: Epilogue: telling Monitor's story.