The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. But recently the tank was ...

The USS "Monitor" was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship. The vessel, which sank off of North Carolina in 1862, ...

“Our advanced ... sensor technology gives us a clear, detailed look at the USS Monitor for the first time since 1862 — ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained for the first time in years while undergoing conservation efforts at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport ...

Experts unveiled high-resolution sonar scans of the USS Monitor, captured by cutting-edge underwater technology at the ...

Although it now serves as a reef for marine life, researchers have always had trouble visiting the wreck to assess the ...

For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor's turret tank is being drained, and that will allow people to see the usually hidden turret. Curtis Gerald Smith, 44, was sentenced to two life-terms ...

In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, sinking its ships. The ...

HATTERAS, N.C. -- The coral-encrusted gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised Monday from the floor of the Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during a storm ...

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 ...