Navy divers uncover turret of Union warship

Sunday, July 7, 2002

HATTERAS, N.C. -- Divers have uncovered the turret of the Civil War ironclad Monitor in the first phase of an expedition to raise the artifact from the ocean floor, the Navy said Saturday.

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