Connecticut researchers to map wreckage of Civil War ship
A group of researchers will travel from Connecticut to North Carolina this week to map the wreck of the USS Monitor, the famed Civil War gunboat that sank in a storm during the Civil War.
The mapping project, parts of which will be broadcast live at the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium, starts Monday in the waters off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
It is expected to yield some of the most comprehensive information to date on the wreck, which is upside down on the ocean floor.
Dwight Coleman, director of research at the institute and a University of Rhode Island marine scientist, said the details will be valuable as experts determine how to best preserve that wreck and others like it.
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The mapping project, parts of which will be broadcast live at the Institute for Exploration at Mystic Aquarium, starts Monday in the waters off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
It is expected to yield some of the most comprehensive information to date on the wreck, which is upside down on the ocean floor.
Dwight Coleman, director of research at the institute and a University of Rhode Island marine scientist, said the details will be valuable as experts determine how to best preserve that wreck and others like it.