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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163k | "Loss of the 'Monitor ' in a Storm off Cape Hatteras, December 30th, 1862. -- Gallant efforts to rescue the Crew by the 'Rhode Island'." Line engraving published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume I, page 248. It shows Monitor sinking at left, with a boat picking up crewmen, as Rhode Island stands by in the right background, firing rockets. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # 51957. | |
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163k | "The Monitor's Tragic End". Artwork published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 39, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. It depicts Monitor sinking off Cape Hatteras during the night of 30-31 December 1862, as a boat approaches to rescue some of her crewmen. Rhode Island is in the left distance, firing a rocket. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # 79913. | |
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118k | Loss of Monitor , 30-31 December 1862. Halftone reproduction of a Civil War era print, copied from the "U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings", December 1926. Rhode Island is standing by in the background, as a boat removes crewmen from the sinking Monitor . | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # 1279. | |
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219k | "Loss of the Monitor " depicting Monitor sinking in a storm off Cape Hatteras on the night of 30-31 December 1862. A boat is taking off crewmen, and Rhode Island is in the background. | Photo and partial text courtesy of "Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War " pg 258. Published by Fairfax Press and written by Henry M. Alden & Alfred H. Guernsey. Other text courtesy of USNHC NH 58758. | |
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79k | Photographic mosaic of the ship's remains, composed of individual photographs taken from the research ship Alcoa Seaprobe in April 1974, when Monitor's wreck was initially discovered. Monitor lies upside down, in badly damaged condition, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In this image, her bow is to the right, with her turret displaced and visible in the lower left, with the hull resting atop it. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # 96723. | |
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35k | Sketch of the ship's remains: Monitor lies upside down, in badly damaged condition, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. In this image, her bow is to the right, with her turret displaced and visible in the lower left, with the hull resting atop it. | Photo courtesy Pre-Dreadnought Preservation by Mark Howells, courtesy of Atlantic Wreck Divers of Maryland. |
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84k | Lantern recovered from the Monitor's wreck site in August 1979. It was photographed soon after recovery, before conservation work had begun. | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # 92590-KN. | |
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20k | Commemorative post mark from the Naval Sea Systems Command Deep Submergence Vessel "Deep Drone" dive on the Monitor, March 9, 1987. | Photo courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
 | 376k | A guest studies a painting depicting the history of battleships. The artwork was painted by George Skybeck and presented to the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association during their annual banquet at Honolulu, Hawaii, on 8 Dec 1991. | USN photo # DN-SC-92-05391, by PHC Carolyn Harris, from the Department of Defense Still Media Collection, courtesy of dodmedia.osd.mil. | |
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375k | Atlantic Ocean, Jul. 1, 2002, Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate Jim Mariano (far left) gives instructions to the winch operator as divers are "swung-in" during the "up-and-over" phase of a dive on the sunken Civil War ironclad, Monitor. Monitor rests 240 feet below the ocean's surface. Diving operations are designed to prepare the 22 foot diameter turret and 11-inch Dahlgren guns for salvage and recovery. | U.S. Navy photo N-7479T-001, by Chief Photographer's Mate Eric J. Tilford, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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345k | Atlantic Ocean, Jul. 1, 2002, Chief Hospital Corpsman Mitch Pearce makes adjustments to the saturation air system during a dive on the sunken Civil War ironclad, Monitor, which rests 240 feet below the ocean's surface. | U.S. Navy photo N-7479T-003, by Chief Photographer's Mate Eric J. Tilford, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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269k | Atlantic Ocean, Jul. 1, 2002, Master Chief Hull Maintenance Technician Scott Heineman prepares to enter the water for a dive on the sunken Civil War ironclad, Monitor. Heineman is a Navy Master Diver taking part in the efforts to salvage and recover the turret of the submerged battleship which rests 240 feet below the surface of the Atlantic. | U.S. Navy photo N-3725V-001, by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Chadwick Vann, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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306k | Atlantic Ocean, Jul. 1, 2002, Master Chief Hull Maintenance Technician Scott Heineman prepares to enter the water for a dive on the sunken Civil War ironclad, Monitor. | U.S. Navy photo N-3725V-001, by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Chadwick Vann, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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199k | At sea off the coast of Cape Hateras, N.C. on July 21, 2002, Hull Technician 1st Class John Coffelt works on a hydraulic ram as a remote operated vehicle (ROV) looks on during a dive on the sunken Civil War Ironclad, Monitor, which rests 230 feet below the ocean's surface. The ram will be used to articulate a leg of the "spider" apparatus that will lift the turret. | U.S. Navy photo N-7479T-002, by Chief Photographer's Mate Eric J. Tilford, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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337k | At sea off the coast of Cape Hateras, N.C., July 21, 2002, divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit Two (MDSU-2), Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk VA, prepare to enter the water to make a dive on the sunken civil war Ironclad, Monitor. MDSU-2 is taking part in efforts to recover the turret of the battleship for display. Because the wreck sits at a depth of 230 feet, divers are limited to approximately 30 minutes of "bottom time" for each dive. | U.S. Navy photo N-3725V-003, by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Chadwick Vann, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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38k | Wreck of the Monitor off the coast of Cape Hateras, N.C. in 240 feet of water. | Photo courtesy of freerepublic.com. | |
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779k | Personnel from the U.S. Navy, The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), Phoenix International, and the Mariners Museum of Newport News, VA, hoist the gun turret of the Civil War ironclad, Monitor onto the deck of the derrick barge Wotan off Cape Hatteras, N.C. on Aug. 5, 2002. Since its designation as our nation's first marine sanctuary in 1975, the Monitor has been the subject of intense investigation. The turret was the first revolving gun of its kind and will eventually be on public display in the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Va. | U.S. Navy photo N-0872M-524, by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Martin Maddock, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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248k | The historic Worden Sword rests on a table with its belt and scabbard laid out for display. The FBI recovered the priceless sword missing since 1931, and returned it to the U.S. Naval Academy at a press conference at Annapolis, Md., Jan. 12, 2004. The Tiffany sword was originally presented to Rear Adm. John L. Worden by the state of New York for his command of Monitor in its famous battle with Virginia in Hampton Roads, Va., March 9, 1862. Rear Adm. Worden also served as the seventh Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. | U.S. Navy photo N-0000X-001, by Cliff Maxwell, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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95k | Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Scott Allison, leading chief petty officer of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit (MOBU) 2, explains an interactive video of the inner workings of the turret on the Monitor to his children during a visit to the Monitor Center in Newport News, Va. on March 9, 2007. | U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman John Suits, courtesy of news.navy.mil. Photo added 03/22/07. | |
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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.
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Northrop Grumman Employees Reconstruct History with USS Monitor Replica.
Pre-Dreadnought Preservation, The U.S.S. Monitor by Mark Howells
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