The USS New Orleans was at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and responded to the Japanese air attack. Later, the vessel pulled ...

On Nov. 30, 1942, a torpedo sank the heavy cruiser New Orleans, sending it to the bottom of the Pacific. Its whereabouts were lost to history — until now.

Eighty years ago, on April 11, 1945, the USS Missouri was involved with the Battle of Okinawa when kamikaze pilot Setsuo Ishino slammed his plane into the Mighty Mo’s side.

Visitors can see the inside of the USS Monitor turret at the event. (Megan Roche/WYDaily) HAMPTON ROADS — The Mariners Museum will hold its annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration ...

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 … ...

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 mi… ...

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

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.

In fact, with the decommissioning of the battleship USS Missouri in 1992, no gun on any ship in the US Navy is larger than 5 inches (a reference to the gun barrel's diameter).

Notably, the “three-gun” turrets positioned on each Iowa-class vessel was capable of firing any combination of its guns, including a broadside of all nine.