Weather slows effort to raise turret of Civil War ironclad

Monday, August 5, 2002

HATTERAS, N.C. -- Strong undersea currents and shifting winds delayed an attempt Sunday to raise the 120-ton revolving gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor.

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