The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret ... Discovered in 1973, the Monitor’s wreck site was designated as the nation’s first national marine sanctuary in 1975, and the ...

March 8-9, 2025, marked the 163rd anniversary of the Battle of Hampton Roads. This battle, though tactically inconclusive in terms of the immediate aftermath, proved to be one of the most epic battles ...

The USS Nevada served in World War I and World War II and sat off Bikini Atoll in July 1946 during atomic bomb tests, ...

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 ...