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How are National Marine Sanctuaries established? Under the 1972 National Marine Sanctuaries Act, NOAA is authorized to designate discrete areas of the marine environment as national marine sanctuaries to promote and protect these special places for their recreational, ecological, historical, research, educational or aesthetic values.

Monitor National Marine Sanctuary 16 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras in the Graveyard of the Atlantic Protects the Civil War Ironclad USS Monitor discovered in 1973 by a Duke University research team America s First National Marine Sanctuary designated in 1975

The Battle of Hampton Roads The First Clash of the Ironclads USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia March 9, 1862

January 31, 1862 USS Monitor sinks in a storm off Cape Hatteras while under tow by the USS Rhode Island 16 Officers and Crew Lose Their Lives

USS Monitor Center at The Mariners Museum

USS Monitor Center Batten Conservation Laboratory Complex

USS Monitor Heritage Trail Signs Four signs currently installed Beaufort, NC Newport News, VA Drewry s Bluff, National Battlefield Park Greenpoint Monitor Museum, Brooklyn, NY Additional six signs planned for installation New York City (2) Baltimore MD Syracuse, NY Newport News, VA (2)

Monitor Sailors Burial at Arlington National Cemetery March 8, 2013 151 Years After the Battle of Hampton Roads

Partnerships More than $2.7 Million Since 2000 Monitor Artifact Loans Curatorial / Exhibit Support NOAA Interactive Kiosks Monitor Trail Signs Public Programming Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum Hatteras, NC North Carolina Maritime Museum Beaufort, NC

Partnerships

Community Education and Outreach 10 videos $50K Funded by NOAA NC Production Company Highlights: Monitor NMS Battle of the Atlantic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Chicamacomico LSS Pea Island NWR http://monitor.noaa.gov/obxtrail/welcome

Community Education and Outreach Nautical Archaeology Society Introduction and Part 1 Courses Partner with East Carolina University s Program in Maritime Studies Created site plans of four shipwreck sites Collected data to help identify the wreck of the Merak Promotes Citizen Science

Partnering with Local Businesses Appreciating the Nation's Cultural Heritage and Ocean Resources (ANCHOR) Program initiated by Monitor NMS Partnership with NC Dive and Charter Businesses Based on Florida Blue Star and Heritage Awareness Diving Programs Value of shipwrecks as historic and economic resources Resource preservation and protection Benefits of heritage tourism to local economies

Preserving the Monitor For over 40 years, the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary has served as a special place honoring the iconic Civil War ironclad Monitor and the memory and service of Civil War sailors.

Preserving North Carolina s Maritime Heritage The success of Monitor and working with our partners has led to an expanded study of North Carolina s rich maritime history

WWII off the Coast of North Carolina Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) Largely forgotten/significant part of our national story U-Boats operated all along the Atlantic coast including the Chesapeake Bay North Carolina - Where the war came home

Significance of North Carolina Shipping Lanes Oceanic Currents Continental Shelf Water Depth Water Temperatures

Density of Battle-Related Events

National Marine Sanctuaries National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1,657 total casualties off North Carolina during the Battle of the Atlantic 1,210 Merchant Mariners Lost - 302 Allied Military Personnel - 145 German Sailors 91 vessels lost in total Casualties off North Carolina 79 merchant ships - 8 Allied military assets - 4 German U-boats 34% of all U.S. Waters attacks took place off NC (including GOM) Merchant Mariners had highest percentage of casualties, estimated at 3.9% (Marines 2.9; Army 2.08; Navy 0.88; Coast Guard 0.24) Total number of Merchant Mariners Lost globally in WWII: 9,521 approximately 672 or 7% of global casualties of American merchant sailors took place off NC.

Comprehensive WWII Shipwreck Inventory

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DEC 2008 - Monitor NMS Begins Management Plan Review Eight Action Items are Identified Including possible expansion SAC Working Group Makes Recommendation on approach to Expansion FEB 2013 Final Management Plan Released JUN 2014 SAC Expansion Working Group presents four possible models OCT 2015 MNMS SAC unanimously adopts and forwards to NOAA JAN 2016 NOAA Issues Notice of Intent to Review MNMS Boundary

... the only thing that ever really frightened me during the War was the U-boat peril. - Winston Churchill

Public Comment Period ends March 18, 2016! http://monitor.noaa.gov/management/ex pansion.html

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