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 War ironclad ...

Paul Clancy was interviewed about his book [Ironclad: The Epic Battle, Calamitous Loss, and Historic Recovery of the USS Monitor], published by International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press. He ...

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 found in the rusted hulk of the Union Civil ...

Hannah Fleming, material culture specialist, and Elsa Sangouard, senior conservator, at The Mariners' Museum and Park in Newport News connect the threads of an artifact linked to a famous American ...

The article regarding the dedication of a memorial to honor the USS Monitor and its crew failed to mention the exciting story behind the ship's development. Were it not for Mary Touvestre, a freed ...

The Monitor sank about nine months later in rough seas southeast of Cape Hatteras while it was under tow by the USS Rhode Island. Sixteen of the Monitor's 62 crew members died.

Almost 10 months after the March 9, 1862, Hampton Roads battle, the two sailors buried Friday were aboard the Monitor when it sank in a gale off the North Carolina coast on Dec. 31, 1862.