The USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret is seen in the drained tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News on Monday, March 3, 2025. The turret is typically submerged in a caustic ...

The USS Monitor revolutionized naval warfare with its rotating turret and iron armor. But just months after its historic ...

For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor's turret tank is being drained, allowing visitors the opportunity to view the usually hidden turret.

March 24, 2012 | Clip Of Identifying Human Remains from the USS Monitor This clip, title, and description were not created by C-SPAN.

The USS Monitor had only two guns, while the Merrimack had 10. The Monitor’s guns, however, were a larger caliber and were mounted on a rotating turret, powered by a steam engine.

The USS Monitor was commissioned during the Civil War for the Union Navy in answer to the Confederate Navy’s new ironclad ship CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack), touted as being capable ...

Podcast: Fascinated by Shipwrecks; USS Monitor Digitally Reimagined “With all the archival data and that real archaeological data coming together, we’ve built the most accurate virtual model ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — As the USS Monitor sank in the Atlantic during a storm off the coast of North Carolina on Dec. 31, 1862, the sailors knew they couldn't save the Union ironclad. So ...

Object Details Author Holzer, Harold Mulligan, Tim 1938- Mariners' Museum (Newport News, Va.) Subject Monitor (Ironclad) Virginia (Ironclad) Notes "A special publication of the Mariners' Museum, ...

On Dec. 29, 1862, the USS Monitor was off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, when unforgiving winds and waves ravaged the crew and the hull of the ship, causing leaks to develop, the ...

HAMPTON The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Navy are dedicating a memorial commemorating the USS Monitor and its crew.