My in may be that my friend is an U/W archeologist and friend of John Broadwater he has already had a conversation regarding. I understand the permit process and had hoped if we had something more than "we think it will be a cool dive" we may gain a permit- You probably know how jealous I am of you!! How were you able to dive on it, Cambria? My hope is to get a "team" of "professional divers" one of thenm being an archeologist and a pro photographer so that we could at least offer the Monitor our results from the dive. As I 've said I know what's down there. Probably the best souvenior I can have is an autographed picture of the Monitor by J.Broadwater and I'll hang on the hopes of diving it sometime?!! Thanks for all you help-M