THE LOSS OF THE USS MONITOR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: PAUL JORDAN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN THE AGE OLD BATTLE OF MAN AGAINST THE SEA, THE USS MONITOR, EN ROUTE TO BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA UNDER TOW BY THE USS RHODE ISLAND, FOUNDERED IN A GALE SIXTEEN MILES OFF THE COAST OF CAPE HATTERAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30AM ON NEW YEAR’S EVE 1862.
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