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Why the Civil War battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was so epic
The rebels made a beeline for the sloops USS Cumberland and USS Congress ... on its way to take out the CSS Virginia. When the Civil War started, the Confederate States of America had no navy ...
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USS Monitor gun turret tank drained for 1st time since 2019
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 ...
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Civil War Nurses, USS Constitution Commander Among Female Veterans Removed in Pentagon DEI Sweep
Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's ...
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The Battle of Hampton Roads Killed Wooden Warships Once and For All
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 ...
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Turret of USS Monitor visible at Mariners’ Museum
The turret of the USS Monitor is in the middle of preservation ... as 10 On Your Side got a special look inside the Civil War battleship. “The Monitor story really is a Hampton Roads story ...
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Mariners’ Museum drains conservation tank housing USS Monitor gun turret
The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained ... spent nearly 140 years on the ocean floor after the Civil War ironclad warship sank during a storm off Cape Hatteras, North ...