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The first battle between ironclad warships was a dud, but it changed naval warfare forever

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...
WTVD

'Astounding shape.' Civil War-era warship USS Monitor sunken off NC looking good, NOAA experts say

NORTH CAROLINA -- One of the nation's most revered military shipwrecks was visited in May by a NOAA-backed team and they made a surprising discovery 16 miles off North Carolina. The Civil War ironclad ...
Berkshire Eagle

Ironclad Berkshires ties to Civil War-era ship Monitor?

When the USS Monitor arrived in the Confederate-controlled waters off the coast of Sewall's Point, Va., in the early morning hours of March 9, 1862, the wooden-hulled USS Congress was still ablaze ...
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Ironclad: USS Monitor

2005-12-03T17:07:37-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/8cd/190107-05-m.jpgPaul Clancy was interviewed about his book Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss, and ...
Los Angeles Times

Wool coat that sank with Civil War ironclad Monitor is nearly revived

reporting from NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — More than 150 years after it sank off Cape Hatteras inside the warship Monitor, a woolen coat discarded by a Union sailor trying to escape the doomed Civil War ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Second day of boring guns from ironclad Monitor dislodges a potential artifact

A long day at The Mariners’ Museum uncovered an artifact from inside of one of the two massive Dahlgren guns that sank with the famed ironclad USS Monitor more than a century-and-a-half ago. Tuesday, ...
WVEC

Conservators clean Civil War ironclad USS Monitor's guns

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — There's work happening to protect a piece of American history in Newport News. Crews are busy working to conserve the USS Monitor's Dahlgren guns at the Mariners' Museum. The ...
New Haven Register

Faces of 2 skeletons, found on Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, reconstructed

RICHMOND, Va. -- When the turret of the USS Monitor was raised from the ocean bottom, two skeletons and the tattered remnants of their uniforms were discovered in the rusted hulk of the Union Civil ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Ironclad excitement: Crowds expected for weekend marking the 150th anniversary of the USS Monitor’s famous battle

Naval history took a dramatic turn in the waters of Hampton Roads 150 years ago. At the climax of a frenzied arms race, a pair of odd-looking, steam-powered ironclad ships clashed in a floating duel ...
The National Interest

Monitor vs. Merrimac: How the First Ironclad Battle Changed Naval History Forever

Had you been around 155 years ago, and stood on the Virginia shore on a March day in 1862, you would have witnessed the most astounding sight. You would have glimpsed a ship the likes of which you had ...
WVEC

Turret from ironclad USS Monitor about to be moved

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It participated in one of the most famous Naval battles in American history. The ironclad USS Monitor fought to a draw with the CSS Virginia in 1862 in the waters of Hampton Roads ...