Ironclad The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor

Name: Ironclad The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor
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ISBN: 9781938467110

ISBN-10: 1938467116

ISBN-13: 9781938467110

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Authors: Paul Clancy

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The small, ungainly iron ship may have saved the union. Then in a vicious winter storm, it plunged into the depths of the Atlantic, seemingly lost forever. But 140 years later, after a 50-year search-and-recovery mission, its ponderous iron turret reemerged, dripping, from a rusting grave, returning priceless bits of history.In Ironclad, journalist Paul Clancy weaves three great sea adventures into a single mesmerizing tale of life and death. Naval heroism, the cold heart of battle, a killing storm, deep-water salvage, flesh-and-blood history—Ironclad has it all.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Publication date: 1/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



DOWN THROUGH the deep ocean we dive, silver fish pulsing around us, cobalt blue sliding toward gray as light fades


It is surprisingly serene here in the cockpit of a bubble-faced submersible, with soft, confident voices burbling over my earphones - except that my heart is racing


We are about to drop in on one of the most intriguing shipwrecks of all time, the plucky, improbable ironclad that on a cool dawn one hundred and forty years ago saved the day and, just possibly, the United States of America


Lights from the sub illuminate yellowtails and amberjacks as we plunge through the depths. 150, 180, 200 feet, white letters superimposed on a small monitor inform us


It feels as though we're falling through limitless space, but suddenly the flat, sandy bottom zooms up at us like the view through a camera lens


The sub's captain eases our vessel forward with toggle-switch commands and we lope across a desert-like bottom


Slowly, slowly, out of the gloom, a dark shape creeps into focus


"We've got the wreck in sight," the captain purrs into his headset to the mother ship above


'We're at the stern, coming right up on the turret.'


"Beautiful, absolutely beautiful," exclaims the historian from his aft observation chamber, an edge of excitement in his voice "This is something you've heard about all your life," he exclaims


"And here it is, right before your eyes, the USS Monitor."


The historic Civil War ironclad with revolving turret is lying where she came to rest almost ten months after her fierce battle with the CSS Virginia, the menacing metamorphosis of the once-proud federal ship Merrimack