NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — For the first time since it sank more than 160 years ago, the public is getting a high-definition look at the Civil War’s most famous ironclad. New 3D sonar images of the ...

Few ships changed naval warfare as dramatically as the Civil War ironclad Monitor, famous for its rotating gun turret, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 160 years after the USS Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina, new 3D images are offering a detailed look at an ...

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 ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The USS Monitor sank off North Carolina in 1862. NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary More than 160 years after the Civil War ironclad warship, the USS ...

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 ...

One of the nation’s most famous wartime shipwrecks is apparently still defending itself on the seafloor off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, researchers say. New high-solution sonar images captured by ...

New technology gives researchers clearest look yet at USS Monitor wreck Experts at the Mariners' Museum and Park have unveiled high-resolution sonar scans of the USS Monitor wreckage.

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 ...