The Union’s USS Monitor is considered by many to be the most famous ironclad ship of the American Civil War, if not the most famous ship of any kind. It shares the honor with its archnemesis, the ...

More than 160 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, new 3D images are offering a detailed look at an iconic Civil War ship that helped shape naval technology and marine ...

identify artifacts recovered from the wreck of the USS Monitor. off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). high-energy X-ray machine. for ship construction. beneath ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, ...

More than 160 years after the Civil War ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, sank off North Carolina, newly released 3D images are offering an unprecedented view of the historic wreck and its ...

“With all the archival data and that real archaeological data coming together, we’ve built the most accurate virtual model ever of Monitor, and I'm not just talking just the shell of it. Every single ...

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 ...

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 ...

More than 160 years after the historic clash that changed naval warfare, the USS Monitor is still revealing new details about its story. On Saturday, experts gathered at The Mariners’ Museum and Park ...

Prologue: first encounter -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Following new orders -- Facing the Cape -- Both ironclads in trouble -- Distress aboard Monitor -- "The Monitor is no more" -- Discovery -- ...