The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The ...

Hampton Roads was the first time in military history that two ironclad warships squared off. March 8-9, 2025, marked the ...

HAMPTON ROADS — The Mariners Museum will hold its annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Celebration in partnership ...

The Mariners’ Museum and Park is hosting the annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday ...

For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor's turret tank is being drained, and that will allow people to see the usually hidden turret.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – For the first time in six years, the USS Monitor’s turret tank is being drained, allowing visitors the opportunity to view the usually hidden turret. The turret is ...

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 ...

The nation's top salvage expert, Captain Edwart Ellsberg, declared last night, "The Monitor can be raised." Contacted in Southwest Harbor, Maine, by "American Students for Raising the Monitor," he ...

The Singapore trading arm of U.S.-based refiner Phillips 66 has recently leased a new floating storage vessel along the Singapore and Malacca Straits Phoenix Group of Virginia has created DCIMSS ...

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 ...

The drained tank holding the USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret is seen from the Batten Conservation Complex observation platform at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News on Monday.