Report: Monitor warship said to be ok in its Marine Sanctuary

A new federal report on the health of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary gives good grades to the overall condition of the historic Civil War wreck and the marine resources that have grown up around it.

But it also expresses continued concern about the threat of future damage to the famous ironclad warship from such human activities as illegal anchoring, looting and stray fishing nets — not to mention natural deterioration.