05 August 2016

History for the day: 2002: Divers recover USS Monitor turret



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Date: August 5, 2016 at 06:01:31 EDT
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Subject: 2002: Divers recover U.S.S. Monitor turret

This day in History
Aug
5
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
2002
Divers recover U.S.S. Monitor turret
On this day in 2002, the rusty iron gun turret of the U.S.S. Monitor broke from the water and into the daylight for the first time in 140 years. The ironclad warship was raised from the floor of the Atlantic, where it had rested since it went down in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, during... read more »
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