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Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
http://monitor.nos.noaa.gov/
This is the official site of the Monitor National
Marine Sanctuary, with current updates on recovery plans,
sanctuary staff and resources, and other useful
information.
The Mariner's Museum
http://www.mariner.org/monitorcenter/
The Mariner's Museum Web site features a section devoted
to the Monitor. At the "Monitor Center," you
can find detailed information on short histories of the
Monitor's battles, daily logs on recent
expeditions, teaching resources, and suggestions for
further reading.
The National Marine Sanctuaries Program
http://www.sanctuaries.nos.noaa.gov/
This site describes National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's National Marine Sanctuary Program. It
includes links to information about the Monitor and
the 12 other sanctuaries in this system of underwater
preserves.
Friends of the Hunley
http://www.hunley.org
Bestselling author Clive Cussler, who established the
National Underwater Marine Agency in 1979, sponsored a
group of marine archeologists to search for the lost Civil
War-era sub Hunley. They finally found her in 1995
and raised her in summer 2000. The Hunley Web site
chronicles their discovery mission and provides a history
of the Hunley, the first sub to sink a ship in
battle.
National Underwater Marine Agency
http://www.numa.net
NUMA is Clive Cussler's non-profit organization dedicated
to preserving U.S. marine heritage through the discovery
and conservation of shipwreck artifacts. This site keeps
track of the agency's expeditions and shipwreck discovery
information in general.
U.S. Navy Submarine Warfare Division
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/cno/n87/n77.html
This Web site has information on the history of subs, the
subs that are active in service today, and predictions for
what the sub force of the future might be like.
All Hands
http://www.mediacen.navy.mil/pubs/allhands/apr99/apr99toc.htm
All Hands is the magazine of the U.S. Navy. The April
1999 edition on Navy subs has articles on the nitty gritty
of Navy submarine operation today. If you want to know
about things like deep submergence rescue vehicles and
ballistic missile subs, this is the site for you.
United States Submarine Veterans
http://www.goatlocker.org
The U.S. Submarine Veterans organization maintains a Web
site full of photographs of subs both historic and
contemporary, sub trivia, sound recordings of submarine
life in the ocean depths, and submariner chat rooms.
Scenes from the USS Monitor, 1862
http://web.mit.edu/mindell/www/monitor.htm
This page from the Web site of Dr. David Mindell, an
M.I.T. professor and author of
War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS
Monitor (see Books), displays
historic photographs of the Monitor and individuals
associated with it.
Books
Aboard the USS Monitor:
1862: The Letters of Acting Paymaster William Frederick
Keeler, U.S. Navy To His Wife Anna.
Edited by Robert W. Daly. Annapolis, Maryland: United States
Naval Institute, 1964.
Keeler's letters to his wife Anna read like he somehow
knew ahead of time that history would be made during his
term on the Monitor. They're detailed, heartfelt,
immediate. For a taste of them, see
Eyewitness to the Battle.
War, Technology, and Experience Aboard the USS Monitor.
By David A. Mindell. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University
Press, 2000.
"Usually we read about the Monitor as the story of
a heroic inventor and a revolutionary new warship," writes
David Mindell in the preface to this revisionist view of
the Monitor tale. "I expand that story to include
patrons, contractors, constructors, rivals, users, public
imagery, and literary expressions." Fans of the history of
technology will appreciate Mindell's well-written
examination of how the Monitor story became legend.
The Life of John Ericsson.
By William Conant Church. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1891.
A detailed biography of the gifted Scottish inventor of
the Monitor. Well illustrated with plans and
cross-sections of Ericcson's many inventions, including a
solar-powered engine he developed later in life.
Special Thanks
Mike Burz
Matt Harter
Mark Hewitt
Jeff Johnston
David Mindell
Colan Ratliff
D.J. Roller
Andrew Shein
Sean Wagstaff
Jonathan Wickham
Credits
Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
David Colarusso, Intern
Maureen Dolan, Editorial Assistant
Molly Frey, Technologist
Rick Groleau, Managing Editor
Brenden Kootsey, Technologist
Lexi Krock, Editorial Assistant
Lingi Liu, Assistant Designer
David May, Intern
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer
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