Conservators drained the historic USS Monitor gun turret for the first time in more than a year this week as they prepared the giant Civil War artifact for its first major conservation and ...

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. The tank was recently … ...

After nearly 140 years of resting on the ocean bottom off North Carolina, the massive gun turret of the Monitor--the first modern warship--was brought to the surface Monday evening along with its ...

After 140 years resting on the ocean’s bottom off the North Carolina coast, the massive gun turret of the USS Monitor was brought to the surface Monday evening along with its two large Dahlgren ...

The USS Monitor Center opened in 2007 and includes the “Ironclad Revolution” exhibit, as well as an observation deck looking onto the gun turret.

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 ...

HATTERAS, N.C. (AP) - The coral-encrusted gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised Monday from the floor of the Atlantic, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during ...

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 USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret is seen in the drained tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News on Monday, March 3, 2025. The turret is typically submerged in a caustic ...