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The 150th Anniversary of the Battle Between USS Monitor and Virginia
The Monitor Uninjured Fortress Monroe, Saturday, March 8 – The dullness of Old Point was startled today by the announcement that a suspicious looking vessel, supposed to be the Merrimac, looking like a submerged house, with the roof only above … Continue reading
Posted in Serving our Seas, Survivor Stories Tagged battleships, Merrimac, USS Monitor, Virginia, War battles Leave a comment
Student Paper Proposed for the International Marine Forensic Symposium of 2012
USS Monitor The USS Monitor, was designed and built by Swedish Immigrant John Erickson, specifically to counter the threat of a Confederate Ironclad that was under construction on the hulk of the sunk but salvaged USS Merrimack. When the Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Serving our Seas, Survivor Stories Tagged Chesapeake Bay, Confederate Ironclad, CSS Virginia, USS Monitor Leave a comment
A letter from deep-sea diver Joel Silverstein on finding the Andrea Doria bell
Hello Pierette, Thank you for your warm note [of congratulations]. When I first started diving shipwrecks in 1988 on Long Island the Andrea Doria was always the “big dive.” Long before technical diving, and rebreathers were being employed, the “Doria … Continue reading