On December 31, 1862, the USS Monitor—the U.S. Navy’s first ironclad warship—sailed into a storm and sank off the coast of North Carolina. Now, more than 160 years later, experts have produced the ...

“Our advanced ... sensor technology gives us a clear, detailed look at the USS Monitor for the first time since 1862 — capturing the ship’s hull, interior, and surrounding debris through murky water,” ...

For the first time since it sank more than 160 years ago, the public is getting a high-definition look at the Civil War’s ...

In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, sinking its ships. The ...