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Navy divers celebrate on board the barge Wotan as the turret of the USS Monitor breaks the surface Monday, Aug. 5, 2002, off the coast of Hatteras, N.C. The silt-packed gun turret of the Civil War ironclad vessel was raised Monday from the floor of the Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during a storm. (AP Photo/Steve Earley, Pool)
Published on May 23, 2013
An undated photo shows a model of USS Monitor by Floyd Houston. The Brooklyn-built Monitor made nautical history after being designed and assembled in 118 days, and then commissioned Feb. 25, 1862. Monitor fought in the first battle between two ironclads during an engagement against the Confederate navy ironclad CSS Virginia in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862. The battle marked the first time iron-armored ships clashed in naval warfare. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command)
Published on May 23, 2013
(July 3, 2001) U.S. Navy diver, Senior Chief Engineman Bill Staples from Somersworth, N.H., uses a hammer and chisel to free deck plating from the wreck of the USS Monitor. Staples and other Navy divers are working with archaeologists from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to salvage the main engine and other artifacts from the wreck to be preserved and later displayed at The Mariners Museum in Newport News, Va. The ship went down off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, in 1862 during a severe storm. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer Eric Lippmann.
Published on May 23, 2013
The beheaded Wendy Rose sculpture was altered with the head of Bender, a character from TV's "Futurama," by Fort Vancouver High School welding students.
Published on May 22, 2013
Christopher R. Warren
Published on May 22, 2013
Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Ethan Cross of Battle Ground sits in the wreckage of his newly purchased Chevrolet Corvette on Tuesday night as he waits for downed power lines to be made safe.
Published on May 22, 2013
Chloe Bartek of Columbia River High School putts on 10th green at Lewis River Golf Course during the Class 3A girls state championship Wednesday.
Published on May 22, 2013
Linfield College sophomoreErin Carson, a graduate of Camas High School, was named an NCAA Division III All-America outfielder by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
Published on May 22, 2013
