Civil War Shipwreck: Photos of the USS Monitor

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USS Monitor Gun Turret

Restorers examine the USS Monitor gun turret.

(Image credit: The Mariners' Museum)

The recovered gun turret of the USS Monitor, where the skeletons of two Civil War sailors were found.

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