The USS monitor was
a marvel of engineering for its time. The concept of a low profile warship
with a 360° swivel turret was way ahead of its time. It sank the
ironclad Union ship "Virginia". Tragically, the USS monitor
sank while being towed during a severe winter storm off the Cape Hateras
on December 31, 1862.
For more information visit http://home.att.net/~iron.clad/
Click here for
a detailed illustration of the USS Monitor, the turret, etc. (file size 150k;
download time about 1 minute using 28.8k modem).
In the 1970's the Monitor was discovered, however the technology
to raise it was not available until now. In August 2002, the
turret was finally raised, using
8 Twin-Path® Extra slings, each having 150,000 lbs. rated capacity and were
50' long. For all of us at the Slingmax® organization, this was a proud and
important day to have been given the task to securely hoist from the bottom of
the sea such a historic artifact using Twin-Path® Extra slings with K-Spec
fibres. |
