RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – When the turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were discovered in the rusted hulk of the Union ...
Silverware and other treasures recovered from the turret of the Union ironclad USS Monitor -- plus a wealth of other artifacts relating to its famous Civil War clash with the CSS Virginia (a.k.a.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Hampton Roads has a rich history, and there’s no more memorable battle than the one between the Monitor and the Merrimac. The turret of the USS Monitor is in the middle of ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) – When the turret of the USS Monitor was hoisted from the ocean floor in 2002, the real heavy lifting was just beginning: conserving and restoring more than 200 tons of Civil ...
The Mariners’ Museum On certain days, the turret tank is drained so conservators are able to work inside it. Treatment includes removing interior plating, cleaning and stabilization. The Mariners’ ...
Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. was a career U.S. Navy officer who commanded vessels operating around Arkansas during the Civil War and was indirectly responsible for the later destruction of the Mississippi ...
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 USS Monitor revolutionized naval warfare with its rotating turret and iron armor. But just months after its historic clash with the CSS Virginia, the ship met a tragic fate at sea White House ...
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 ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Exactly 145 years after the USS Monitor faced the Confederate ship CSS Virginia in the first clash of ironclads, a $30 million center dedicated to the Union vessel opened Friday.
Missing from the story on the USS Monitor ["For Civil War Veteran, A Painstaking Rehabilitation," Style, Dec. 1] was mention of the historic warship's designer and builder, Swedish-born engineer John ...