The Mariners’ Museum On certain days, the turret tank is drained so conservators are able to work inside it. Treatment includes removing interior plating, cleaning and stabilization. The Mariners’ ...

Despite being 240 feet down on the seafloor since 1862, the USS Monitor remains in “an excellent state of preservation,” according to Tane Renata Casserley of NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.

The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis -- Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds -- Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell -- Sink before surrender : the ...

ON Christmas Day 1862, during the height of the US civil war, the crew of the ironclad warship the USS Monitor sat down to a decadent dinner. On the menu was turkey, mashed potatoes, plum pudding and ...