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We are ready to dive in!

Tune into the Valor in the Atlantic mission, taking place in Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. The NOAA ship, Nancy Foster, has departed and the mission is scheduled to end on May 25, 2022. This is the first in-depth, multidisciplinary survey of the iconic Civil War ironclad, USS Monitor, and surrounding shipwrecks since the 2002 expedition. What will we find this time?

Visit the Valor in the Atlantic livestream:

Are you as excited for the Valor in the Atlantic mission as we are?

Tomorrow we will be returning to the resting place of the USS Monitor, America’s first national marine sanctuary, as we celebrate the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the National Marine Sanctuary System. The Civil War vessel, which sank 160 years ago, will be visited with state-of-the-art technology and systematically surveyed for the first time since Monitor’s turret was recovered in 2002.

Watch our press briefing before we dive in tomorrow with GFOE: