NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — There's work happening to protect a piece of American history in Newport News. Crews are busy working to conserve the USS Monitor's Dahlgren guns at the Mariners' Museum. The ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It participated in one of the most famous Naval battles in American history. The ironclad USS Monitor fought to a draw with the CSS Virginia in 1862 in the waters of Hampton Roads ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Tane Casserly provided a history of the USS Monitor, the CSS Virginia, and the Battle of Hampton Roads. This was a virtual event hosted by the ...

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 ...

When it comes to accurately explaining and depicting maritime history in the region, the Tidewater Maritime Living History Association has covered it all. Over the years, they have portrayed the crew ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor’s turret tank is being drained, allowing visitors the opportunity to view the usually hidden turret. The turret is being ...

For 140 years the two Yankee sailors lay entombed in the turret of the USS Monitor, doomed shipmates aboard the sunken Civil War vessel 40 fathoms down and 16 miles off Cape Hatteras. Their remains ...

On March 8, 1862, a large, slow-moving and unwieldy Confederate ship steamed toward the blockading Union vessels posted at Hampton Roads, outside of Virginia’s James River. The rebels made a beeline ...

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Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they haven’t all reached port. Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers ...

Two drowned Union sailors are finally going to be laid to rest 150 years after they went down with the USS Monitor in a storm off the coast of North Carolina. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus ...