The USS "Monitor" was the U.S. Navy's first ironclad warship. The vessel, which sank off of North Carolina in 1862, ...

Three-dimensional images and digital illustrations offer a detailed new look at the USS Monitor, an important Civil War ship that sank more than 160 years ago and has since become a reef.

The city of Hampton commemorates the 164th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of Hampton Roads with a new historical marker, highlighting a naval warfare revolution.

Although it now serves as a reef for marine life, researchers have always had trouble visiting the wreck to assess the ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “ 250 Years of America ,” a multipart series examining the ...

American defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the (NOAA) released the highest resolution images to date of the USS Monitor.

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ironclads: American Civil War Battle of the civil war ironclads. Take part in battles from USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia before battles between armored ...

The CSS Neuse is a rare piece of Civil War history – a remarkably intact ironclad ship freed 50 years ago from the Neuse River. Now the state’s archaeologists are going back for more. On Monday ...

Part of a Civil War Confederate ironclad ship has been recovered from the bottom of the Savannah River, authorities said. Crews with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy divers surfaced the ...

"Big Bad Ironclad! covers the history of the amazing ironclad steam warships used in the Civil War. From the ship's inventor, who had a history of blowing things up and only 100 days to complete his ...

HATTERAS, N.C. -- 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 warship sank during a storm. As ...