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 ...

Three-dimensional images and digital illustrations offer a detailed new look at the USS Monitor, an important Civil War ship ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In April of 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 Merrimack and laminated it ...

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 ...