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.

The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. But recently the tank ...

The turret spent nearly 140 years on the ocean floor after the ironclad warship sank during a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1862.

March 8-9, 2025, marked the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads. This battle, though tactically inconclusive in terms of the immediate aftermath, proved to be one of the most epic battles ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

It's unbelievable. (tense dramatic music) The USS Monitor, which is known as the first successful American ironclad, it wins the battle against the Confederate Merrimack, and it sinks close to ...