Conservators of the historic USS Monitor’s gun turret are using technology to look at the artifact in a new way — as a digital 3-D model.Automated Precision’s Newport News branch started ...

Monitor was launched on January 30, 1862, and on March 9th, famously fought the Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads. Despite the battle being a draw, it effectively signaled the end of age-of ...

Launched in 1862, the USS Monitor was the Navy’s first ironclad warship. ... John Ericsson created a design and model for an iron vessel that was equipped with a revolving gun turret.

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 ...

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 ...

Conservators of the historic USS Monitor’s gun turret are using technology to look at the artifact in a new way — as a digital 3-D model. Automated Precision’s Newport News branch… ...