Exploring the Monitor
The site of a famous sunken Civil War ship off the coast
of North Carolina is the first stop on the NR-1's research mission.
A 24 hour survey of the USS Monitor is planned to accomplish
an operational check of the NR-1's sensors before it heads to the Gulf of
Mexico for deep water surveys.
For 111 years,the USS Monitor rested, undetected, on the
seafloor off the coast of North Carolina. Electronic technology that could
detect the shipwreck was not invented until after World War II.
In 1973, divers discovered the sunken ship using magnetic
and acoustic equipment and closed-circuit television cameras.
The ship, located in 230 feet of water 16 miles off Cape
Hatteras, North Carolina, has been designated as a National Marine Sanctuary.
Access to the Monitor is granted by NOAA.
To other site: Hydrocarbon Seeps
in the Gulf of Mexico |
