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| Keywords: US Navy 010703-N-5329L-005 Diver working on USS Monitor salvage.jpg en 010703-N-5329L-005 Atlantic Ocean July 3 2001 U S Navy diver Senior Chief Engineman Bill Staples from Somersworth N H uses a hammer and chisel to free deck plating from the historic wreck of USS Monitor Staples and other U S Navy saturation divers are working around the clock with archaeologists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA to salvage the main engine and other artifacts from the wreck to be preserved and later displayed at The Mariners Museum in Newport News VA Divers are working from the Derrick Barge Wotan which is acting as the main support vessel during the Monitor 2001 Expedition the sixth joint U S Navy and NOAA expedition to preserve the historic vessel The ship went down off the coast of Cape Hatteras NC in 1862 during a severe storm U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer Eric Lippmann RELEASED 2001-07-03 010703-N-5329L-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 692 U S Navy Photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer Eric Lippmann PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Monitor ship 1862 Engineman United States Navy Underwater archaeology Sledgehammers People using hammers | ||||
