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

For the first time since it sank more than 160 years ago, the public is getting a high-definition look at the Civil War’s most famous ironclad.

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

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 ...

Although it now serves as a reef for marine life, researchers have always had trouble visiting the wreck to assess the environment and the ironclad itself. The majority of the Monitor rests about 240 ...

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 ...

Armorbelt built to withstand enemy shells is "withstanding the ravages of the sea." ...

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 ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Anna Holloway is a Vice President for Collections and Programs in the Mariners' Museum with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2012 Speech as ...