In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, sinking its ships. The ...
Three-dimensional images and digital illustrations offer a detailed new look at the USS Monitor, an important Civil War ship that sank more than 160 years ago and has since become a reef.
Over 160 years ago on March 9, 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in U.S. history took place between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia.
American defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the (NOAA) released the highest resolution images to date of the USS Monitor.
State-of-the-art technology has revealed the 19th-century wreckage site of the USS Monitor in stunning new highest resolution images.
CSS Virginia crushed wooden Union ships at Hampton Roads, proving ironclads would dominate naval warfare and reshape global ...
Experts unveiled high-resolution sonar scans of the USS Monitor, captured by cutting-edge underwater technology at the ...
The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis -- Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds -- Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell -- Sink before surrender : the ...
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The USS Monitor was one of the most important warships built during the American Civil War. Designed by engineer John Ericsson, it introduced a rotating gun turret and heavy iron armor. In 1862 the ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A federal grant will help conserve the iconic revolving gun turret of the USS Monitor. The Daily Press reports that the Institute of Museum and Library Services is giving more ...
The Virginia museum that holds the turret of the sunken Civil War ironclad USS Monitor says it is closing the laboratory where the artifact is located because of a lack of federal funding. The ...
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