Earlier in the week, Navy divers cut away a large piece of the ship’s armour to fully expose the 6m wide, 3m tall turret, which lies upside down in water 73m deep. “It was awesome.

HATTERAS, N.C. -- Divers have uncovered the turret of the Civil War ironclad Monitor in the first phase of an expedition to raise the artifact from the ocean floor, the Navy said Saturday.

The ruddied brown of centuries-old iron serves as a constant source of excitement at the Mariners’ Museum: a peek into history for casual visitors, an endless resource for Civil War buffs and a ...

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 mi… ...

A volume in the series “Wolverhampton Military Studies”, Turret Versus Broadside is an outstanding look at the ironclad revolution, and is essential reading for anyone interested in this period, when ...