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...Turret...
Ericsson obtained dozens of patents for features of the turret alone. It weighed more than 120 tons without the cannons, and was held in place by its sheer weight...
...turret was driven by gears below the floor, and could make 2.5 revolutions a minute. A crew of 17 men and two officers worked the guns in the 20-ft.- diameter space...
...Monitor flipped over as it sank, landing upsidedown 240ft. below the surface. The separated turret protruded slightly from under the hull...
Divers cut away the deteriorated raft and clamped an eight-armed "spider" over the turret. The turret was then placed on a support platform, and the whole assembly was raised...