Hampton Roads was the first time in military history that two ironclad warships squared off. March 8-9, 2025, marked the ...

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 middle of preservation, and has been ...

As the first of its kind ever to be installed on a ship, the Monitor’s 115-ton revolving gun turret represented a major technological advancement that changed the course of naval architecture ...

HAMPTON ROADS — The Mariners Museum will hold its annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Celebration in partnership ...

A volume in the series “Wolverhampton Military Studies”, Turret Versus Broadside is an outstanding look at the ironclad revolution, and is essential reading for anyone interested in this period, when ...

Through the collective expertise of divers, archaeologists, engineers, the US Navy, NOAA, Mariners’ personnel, and countless others, the turret was raised from the Atlantic Ocean in August 2002.

The Singapore trading arm of U.S.-based refiner Phillips 66 has recently leased a new floating storage vessel along the Singapore and Malacca Straits Phoenix Group of Virginia has created DCIMSS ...