{"id":1636,"date":"2026-12-30T00:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-12-30T05:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T05:14:38","slug":"uss-monitor-the-iron-clad-ship-sank-in-a-storm-off-cape-hatteras-north-carolina-in-1862","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"USS Monitor, the Iron-Clad Ship, Sank in a Storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in 1862"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14018\" style=\"width: 110px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14018\" class=\"wp-image-14018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Monitor-e1745283425967.jpg\" alt=\"USS Monitor\" width=\"100\" height=\"77\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USS Monitor<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>USS Monitor<\/em>, the iron-clad ship, sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in 1862<\/strong>. The <em>Monitor<\/em> had been built in early 1862. The ship faced the Confederate iron-clad <em>Merrimac<\/em> on March 9, 1862. Neither ship sustained major damage. The <em>Monitor<\/em> was being towed by the <em>USS Rhode Island<\/em> when both ships ran into a storm. Many of the <em>Monitor<\/em> crew members were saved by the <em>Rhode Island<\/em> crew. However, sixteen crew members died. Today the <em>Monitor<\/em> is part of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Divers can roam around the outside of the ship. The Sanctuary is a wonderful repository of information and a catalyst for future experiments and research. Children can visit the Sanctuary\u2019s website at: <a href=\"http:\/\/monitor.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/monitor.noaa.gov\/<\/a>. Idea: Young scholars could find out why so many ships have sunk off Cape Hatteras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USS Monitor, the iron-clad ship, sank in a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, in 1862. The Monitor had been built in early 1862. The ship faced the Confederate iron-clad Merrimac on March 9, 1862. Neither ship sustained major damage. The Monitor was being towed by the USS Rhode Island when both ships ran into <a href='https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/?p=1636' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4756,4752,4738,4751,4754,309,4750,4753],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-4756","tag-cape-hatteras","tag-december-30","tag-iron-clad-ship","tag-monitor-national-marine-sanctuary","tag-north-carolina","tag-uss-monitor","tag-uss-rhode-island","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29925,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions\/29925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebrateandlearn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}