In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 19th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S.sailors who died defending their county:
"When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She'ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay..."
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118k | Line engraving published of the Monitor in Harper's Weekly, September 1862, page 433, depicting the launching of the ship at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York, on 30 January 1862. It seems unlikely that Monitor was launched with her heavy armored turret, pilothouse and other fittings already installed. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 604. | |
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94k | Monitor Montage, signed by Thomas Fitch Rowland. It includes photographs of the "Monitor Shiphouse" and Puritan on the building ways at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York, and an artwork of the battle between Monitor and CSS Virginia. The original was in the Office of Naval Records & Library Collection at the National Archives, circa the early 1960s. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 45963. | |
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388k | Collage of interior scenes aboard the
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From left to right & top to bottom: Captain's Cabin. Engine Room. Berth Deck. Interior of the Tower. Turret Machinery. Ready for Action. Wheel House. Ward Room. |
Photos and text courtesy of "Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War ", pg 252. Published by Fairfax Press and written by Henry M. Alden & Alfred H. Guernsey. | |
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160k | Line engraving, entitled "The Victorious Union Gunboat "Monitor " published by Caldwell & Co., 37 Park Row, New York. Drawn by J. Seitz and engraved by Ten Eyke, it depicts the ship as she appeared before angled plating was added to the base of her pilothouse. | Courtesy of George H. Stegmann, New York. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 58. | |
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55k | Monitor, watercolor by Oscar Parkes. | Courtesy of Dr. Oscar Parkes, 1936. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 59543. | |
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89k | Engraving of the Monitor, published in Harper's Weekly, 22 March 1862. This copy has been hand-colored. | Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 76324-KN. | |
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U.S. Navy Warships, 1862.
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting several contemporary U.S. Navy ironclad and conventional warships. They are (from left to right: Puritan (in the original twin-turret design); Catskill; Montauk, Keokuk (citing her original name, "Woodna"); Passaic; Galena (behind Roanoke, with name not cited); Roanoke; Winona; New Ironsides; Naugatuck; Brooklyn and Monitor . |
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 58752. | |
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58k | Model of the Monitor made by Floyd Houston, probably photographed at the Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum, Washington, D.C., circa 1964. | Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 45976. | |
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86k | Transverse hull section of the Monitor through the turret. Engraving published circa 1862, based on John Ericsson's drawings, and measurements taken from the ship. | Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 60660. | |
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153k | General plan of the Monitor published in 1862, showing the ship's inboard profile, plan view below the upper deck and hull cross sections through the engine and boiler spaces. | Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 50954. | |
USS MONITOR History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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Additional Resources
Hazegray & Underway Battleship Pages By Andrew Toppan.
Monitor National Marine Santuary, NOAA.
CambrianFoundation.org USS Monitor, The Sinking.
Tour the Wreck of the Monitor.
Full scale replica of the Monitor.
Northrop Grumman Employees Reconstruct History with USS Monitor Replica.
Pre-Dreadnought Preservation, The U.S.S. Monitor by Mark Howells
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