    
Title: USS Monitor Sinks December 31, 1862 Description: The ironclad USS Monitor sinks in a fierce storm in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on December 31, 1862, while the side-wheeler Rhode Island fires a flare and stands by to pick up survivors; sixteen of the sixty-two crew members of the Monitor were lost in the storm; Category: American Civil War Keywords: American Civil War, Federal Navy, flares, ironclads, marine disasters, side-wheelers, sinking, storms, Union Navy, U.S. Navy, War Against the South: War Between the States, War for the South, War for the Southern Confederacy, War for the Union, War of the Rebellion. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2025 x 1458 (2.95 MPixels) (1.39) Print Size: 17.1 x 12.3 cm; 6.8 x 4.9 inches File Size: 8.47 MB (8,886,338 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000375532 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
