Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The idea of armoring ships was ancient, and gained serious attention from the dawn of muskets and cannons at sea. In the 16th and ...

American defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the (NOAA) released the highest resolution images to date of the USS Monitor.

THE new system of naval warfare which characterizes the age was proposed by John Stevens of Hoboken during the War of 1812, recommended by Paixhans in 1821, made the subject of official and private ...

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...

REMEMBERING the number of books already published treating in a practical form of compasses, their deviations on board iron ships, and the consequent adjustments, some persons may be disposed to ask, ...