今天是保护USS Monitor的惊人文物的主要里程碑。标志性的Ironclad沉没后将近147年，保护者将港口枪马车旋转到其原始的直立位置。

USS监视器’s two custom-built gun carriages have been upside down since the ironclad sank on December 31, 1862. The gun carriages were discovered by archaeologists during excavations of the turret in 2002. The carriages were still secured to the 8-ton Dahlgren guns they supported during the Battle of Hampton Roads. Conservators and archaeologists carefully removed both carriages from the turret in 2004.阅读更多