A Conservation Miracle: The USS Monitor Coat

Ruins hauled up in 2002 from the wreck of USS Monitor, which sank during a New Year’s Eve storm off the North Carolina coast in 1862, proved a treasure trove for conservators at The Mariners Museum in Newport News, Va. The revolving turret—21½ feet in diameter—on the technologically cutting-edge armored and steam-powered vessel was especially …

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