The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at 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 ...

The 11-inch guns proved too much for the 11-inch turrets of the Monitors," added the lecturer ... first brief trial of the new system, under fire at Charleston in April, 1863.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Police responded to reports of a possible ordinance or ...