New high-resolution sonar images and interactive virtual models are providing an unprecedented look at the wreck of the Civil ...

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 ...

State-of-the-art technology has revealed the 19th-century wreckage site of the USS Monitor in stunning new highest resolution images.

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

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

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 ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released highlights from its 2025 survey of the USS Monitor, the iconic prototype ironclad warship that sank during the Civil War.

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 ...

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

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 ...