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Warship Sunk off NC in ‘Astounding’ Shape, Experts Say
By MARK PRICE, The Information & Observer
One of many nation’s most revered navy shipwrecks was visited in Might by a NOAA-backed group and so they made a stunning discovery 16 miles off North Carolina.
The Civil Conflict ironclad USS Monitor is seemingly refusing to give up to the forces of nature. Regardless of being on the seafloor since 1862, the first-of-its-kind ship stays in “a superb state of preservation,” based on Tane Renata Casserley, useful resource safety and allow coordinator on the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Monitor Nationwide Marine Sanctuary.
That’s all of the extra stunning given Navy divers made important intrusions into the shipwreck in 2002, once they recovered the extremely prized turret and different artifacts for preservation, he mentioned.
“The wreck is in an astounding situation after being on the seafloor for 160 years and weathering all the environmental circumstances off Cape Hatteras, together with exceedingly robust currents and hurricanes,” Casserley advised McClatchy Information.
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“Throughout these (2002) initiatives, it was vital to chop into the ironclad’s armorbelt, hull, and deck to realize entry to the turret for the reason that shipwreck was on prime of it. The query for us at NOAA was, did these cuts into the shipwreck trigger additional deterioration? Would we see important adjustments attributable to these actions at the moment?”
The reply to these questions “was a convincing ‘No’,” he mentioned.
It’s a revelation that begs rationalization, and Casserley has a principle.
The USS Monitor was visited as a part of the Valor within the Atlantic expedition, which despatched a remotely operated digital camera to discover a number of ships sunk in the course of the Civil Conflict and World Conflict II.
The USS Monitor was the oldest and most essential of them, as the primary U.S. warship constructed with a revolutionary rotating gun turret, NOAA studies.
Monitor sank on New Yr’s Eve in 1862, in a area off North Carolina generally known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, as a consequence of an estimated 2,000 shipwrecks. Sixteen U.S. sailors have been misplaced within the sinking, historians say. “The waves grew and the wind howled. With every pitch and roll, shock waves ravaged the crew and the hull of the little ship,” based on a NOAA report.
“Leaks developed, flooding the engines and decreasing steam strain wanted for propulsion. The crew tried utilizing pumps and even bailing with buckets, however the misery was too nice. … The turret was the one escape hatch from beneath and because the males tried dashing throughout the deck lots of them have been swept into the unknown by the treacherous waves.”
The Monitor was rediscovered in 1973 — “mendacity the wrong way up in 230 ft of water” — by the Duke College Analysis Vessel Eastward and efforts to guard the first-of-its-kind vessel started nearly instantly, NOAA studies.
In 1975, the USS Monitor web site grew to become “the nation’s first nationwide marine sanctuary,” a transfer that intends to guard and protect it as an essential a part of the “nation’s maritime heritage.”
The Valor within the Atlantic expedition Might 15-25 counted as “the primary examination of the location” since 2002, and Casserley feared it might present the turret restoration mission led to superior deterioration.
Discovering in any other case has left the scientists in search of explanations, and Casserley thinks the “robustness of Monitor’s building” continues to defend it.
“That very same iron armor that deflected cannonballs fired at level clean vary and even collisions … has now contributed to its longevity on the seafloor,” Casserley says.
“That very same iron hull and armorbelt constructed to resist the pains of conflict, has now enabled Monitor to offer a steady habitat in its new position as an island of life. It actually was unimaginable to see the transformation on the backside of the ocean. There was usually a lot marine life on Monitor it was tough to see the shipwreck itself.”
A remotely operated digital camera examined solely the outside, so questions stay concerning the what’s taking place inside the vessel, he mentioned.
The expedition group, which partnered with the World Basis for Ocean Exploration, left the wreck realizing a lot of it stays unaltered, providing a rare alternative for marine archaeologists and historians.
“This space is a time capsule again to 1862 to study extra about how the crew lived and labored aboard a prototype ironclad warship,” Casserley mentioned.
“In some regards is in higher structural form than nearly all of shipwrecks from the identical time interval in addition to extending to the WWII-era shipwrecks. The underside line is USS Monitor will likely be right here for generations to come back to share its tales of heroism.”
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3 men charged in connection with woman’s death at Cook Out restaurant in North Carolina
Two men have been charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee at a Cook Out restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, last month. A third is facing a weapons charge.
Two men have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman at the fast-food restaurant Cook Out in North Carolina.
Twenty-three-year-old Alexander Kenyon Carlton Jr. and 19-year-old Calvin Jerade Spence Jr. have been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 29-year-old Davicia Jean Ann Lee late last month in Durham, the Durham County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Friday.
A third man, 18-year-old Jamari Treyvon McKnight, is charged with one count of going armed to the terror of the people, which basically means terrorizing someone with a weapon like a gun.
USA TODAY could not immediately find attorneys representing the three men.
The shooting occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Cook Out on South Miami Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found Lee dead.
The sheriff’s office called the shooting “an isolated incident” that happened after shots broke out following a fight, WNCN-TV reported.
Arrests made in fatal shooting of Davicia Jean Ann Lee
Detectives arrested Spence and Carlton on Thursday and took them to the Durham County Detention Center without bond on charges of carrying a concealed gun, felony conspiracy, going armed to the terror of the people and first-degree murder, the sheriff’s office said.
McKnight was also taken into custody and arrested Thursday night on misdemeanor going armed to the terror of the people, according to the sheriff’s office. The Morrisville police arrested him and he is currently being held in the Wake County Detention Center until his first court appearance, the agency added.
The investigation into Lee’s homicide is ongoing, while all findings are now in the process of being turned over to the Durham County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution, according to the sheriff’s office.
The USC Trojans are in pursuit of flipping two class of 2025 recruits, Nela Tupou and Alex Payne. Can the Trojans flip one or both of these players before national signing day?
Nela Tupou Player Profile
Nela Tupou is a 6-4, 220 pound tight end/defensive end out of Folsom, California. He is rated as a three-star recruit and ranked as the 43rd-best ATH in the class of 2025 per 247Sports.
Tupou committed to the Utah Utes in February of 2024, but he just recently visited USC last weekend for the Trojans’ 28-20 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
On3 is now predicting that Tupou will likely flip this commitment from Utah to USC.
Alex Payne Player Profile
Alex Payne is a 6-5, 265 pound offensive tackle out of Gainesville, Florida. He is rated as four-star recruit and ranked as the 16th-best offensive tackle in the class of 2025.
Payne committed to the North Carolina Tar Heels in January of 2024, but he as well as Tupou, visited USC last weekend.
In 247Sports recruiting analyst Tom Loy’s updated crystal ball prediction, he had Payne flipping his commitment from North Carolina to USC. Loy has a good track record of predicting where recruits will end up as his all-time hit rate for predicting recruits’ final destinations is 81.64 percent.
USC Bolstering Up Offensive Line to Go Along With Weapons
One of the glaring holes for the USC Trojans this season has been the offensive line. For USC to bounce back next season, they will have to get much better in the trenches. This has been exposed in their first season in the Big Ten. Landing Tupou, who can both be a factor in the run blocking scheme as a blocker, and Payne, one of the top tackle prospects in the country, would go a long way for next season and the future of the program.
Barring a flurry of transfer portal decisions, the Trojans will have an abundance of skill position talent coming back next season.
Freshman running back Quinten Joyner has been the second best back this season behind senior running back Woody marks.
Four of the Trojans five leading receivers are sophomores. Makai Lemon, Zachariah Branch, Ja’Kobi Lane, and Duce Robinson all have shown flashes of potentially being a number one wide receiver next season.
Add in the Trojans starting sophomore quarterback Jayden Maiava and they have one of the youngest teams in the Big Ten. If USC continues to address the offensive line in the last days of the 2025 recruiting cycle and in the transfer portal this offseason, the Trojans could be a dangerous team next season.
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Sledding in Haw Creek Dec. 9, 2018
The Tracey family enjoys the snow in Haw Creek with some sledding.
Angeli Wright, Asheville Citizen Times
Some school systems in Western North Carolina are closed Friday, Nov. 21, due to winter weather.
- Avery County Schools: Closed, remote learning day.
- Graham County Schools: Closed, workday for staff.
- Madison County Schools: Closed, optional teacher workday.
- Mitchell County Schools: Closed, remote learning day.
- Watauga County Schools: Two-hour delay.
- Yancey County Schools: Closed, remote learning day.
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