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 ...

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 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — 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. New 3D sonar images of the ...

During the Civil War’s Battle of Hampton Roads, the warship USS Monitor, known as “the little ship that saved the nation,” fought to preserve the Union blockade. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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 ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, sinking its ships. The Confederacy salvaged what they could of the USS ...