
The Monitor’s Last Mission
A expedition to make history…by raising it.
The Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned for the Civil War. A striking design ushered in a new era of stealth in river warfare, but her heavy hull ran her aground in 1862.
Relive the grueling attempt by the U.S. Navy, NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) and the Mariners’ Museum to dive into hazardous waters, remove portions of the lost ship at 240′ and extricate the turret. U.S. Navy Commander Bobby Scholley and her trained divers take us beneath the surface of the Atlantic twenty miles off North Carolina to relive the legacy and death of the ship, and her re-birth as historical testament to innovation, bravery and duty.
- Producers
- Jonathan Grupper
- Lise Zumwalt
- Co-Producer
- Erica Sashin
- Executive Producers
- Peter Schnall
- Hilary Sio
- Writer
- Lise Zumwalt
- Editor
- Jeff Gilbert
- Coordinating Producer
- Elana Bluestine
- Field Producer
- Jerry Risius
- Associate Producer
- Glenn C. Reimer
- Music Composed By
- Michael Whalen
- Cinematographers
- Jerry Risius
- Leighton Edmondson
- John Howarth
- Sound Recordists
- Dave Roche
- Mark Mandler
- Lee Edwards
- U.S. Navy Underwater Photography Team
- Eric J. Tilford
- Chadwick L. Vann
- Jeffrey I. Lehrberg
- Dusan Ilic
- Assistant Editors
- Adam Feinstein
- Seith Mann
- Scott Greenshaw
- Production Assistants
- Andrew Hanna
- Ken Yapelli
- Jessica Applebaum
- Ken Yapelli
- Motion Control Camera
- Ralph Pitre
- Creative Group
- On-Line Editor
- Adam Feinstein
- Animation And Graphics
- Meteor Studios
- Qtvr Animation
- Mike F Burz
- Mitch Suskin
- Colorist
- David Markun
- Henninger Capitol
- Mixer & Sound Design
- David Browning
- Palace Studios NYC
- Legal Services
- Jason Baruch
- Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassalo P.C.
- Production Accountant
- Brian Minahan
- Special Thanks
- Phoenix International - Steve Saint-Amour
- NOAA
- The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA
- U.S. Navy
- CILHI
- Manson Gulf
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK
- Capt. Phillip Lee and the Crew of Delta Force
- —For BBC—
- Executive Producer
- Philip Dolling