The wreck of the famous Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, lies 230 feet below the surface of the ocean, off the coast of North Carolina, in the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
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The wreck of the famous Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, lies 230 feet below the surface of the ocean, off the coast of North Carolina, in the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.