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 ...
During the Civil War’s Battle of Hampton Roads, the warship USS Monitor, known as “the little ship that saved the nation,” fought to preserve the Union blockade. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
The U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia (formerly known as U.S.S. Merrimack) fought to a draw in the waterways of Hampton Roads, Virginia during the Civil War. It became known as the Battle of Hampton ...
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 ...
The eight-foot-long underwater robot called Remus 300 dropped into the Atlantic Ocean 16 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and descended toward the bottom, where it began to examine the wreck ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the Civil War’s Battle of Hampton Roads, the warship USS Monitor, known as “the little ship that saved the nation,” fought ...