The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is apparently refusing to surrender to the forces of nature. Despite being on the seafloor since 1862, the first-of-its-kind ship remains in "an excellent state ...

Paul Clancy was interviewed about his book [Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss, and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor], published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. He ...

On March 9, 1862, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor, the first ironclads to meet in battle, slammed cannon fire off each other for over four hours.

From March 2019: Turret from ironclad USS Monitor about to be moved On Tuesday, that meant starting to clean the 11-foot-long bores in each of the massive guns.

The ironclad USS Monitor fought to a draw with the CSS Virginia in 1862 in the waters of Hampton Roads only to sink to a watery grave off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina nine months later taking 16 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- When the turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were discovered in the rusted hulk of the Union ...

Two Civil War sailors who went down with the USS Monitor ironclad in 1862 were interred in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Experts also spoke about the history of ironclads and the ...

A century and a half after the Civil War ship the USS Monitor sank, two unknown crewmen found in the ironclad's turret have been buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

When the USS Monitor arrived in the Confederate-controlled waters off the coast of Sewall's Point, Va., in the early morning hours of March 9, 1862, the wooden-hulled USS Congress was still ablaze ...

Mariners' Museum conservation staff watch as one of the USS Monitor's Dahlgren guns is hoisted out of a tank Tuesday February 25, 2020. The conservators cleared out the gun's barrel using a custom ...

The Monitor's confrontation with the CSS Virginia ended in a draw. The Virginia, built on the carcass of the U.S. Navy frigate USS Merrimack, was the Confederate answer to the Union's ironclad ships.