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H60RX2 Deck and Turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from Bow, James River, Virginia, by James F. Gibson, July 1862

How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation

14 December 2022

The USS Monitor, an iconic piece of military history, sank 160 years ago. Now a marine sanctuary, the wreck has become an unlikely testbed for ocean conservation

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