NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — There's work happening to protect a piece of American history in Newport News. Crews are busy working to conserve the USS Monitor's Dahlgren guns at the Mariners' Museum. The ...

The silt-packed turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised Monday from the Atlantic floor, nearly 140 years after the historic warship sank during a New Year's storm. The turret, the ...

Wet lab conservator, Will Hoffman, replaces artifacts from the USS Monitor into containers at the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The museum is facing federal funding ...

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 was ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The ruddied brown of centuries-old iron serves as a constant source of excitement at the Mariners' Museum: a peek into history for casual visitors, an endless resource for ...

Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they haven’t all reached port. Researchers estimate that there are some three million shipwrecks worldwide, resting in shallow rivers ...

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(CBS News) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - America is about to pay final respects to two of its fallen heroes more than a century after they lost their lives. But we can't tell you who they were and we may never ...

Hannah Fleming, material culture specialist, and Elsa Sangouard, senior conservator, at The Mariners' Museum and Park in Newport News connect the threads of an artifact linked to a famous American ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X NEWPORT NEWS — More than 15 years after Navy divers and NOAA archaeologists recovered the historic ...

identify artifacts recovered from the wreck of the USS Monitor. off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). high-energy X-ray machine. for ship construction. beneath ...

Ceremony occurrs on 151st Anniversary of USS Monitor's Irocnlads Battle March 8, 2013 -- Two unidentified sailors from the Civil War's iconic USS Monitor were buried with full military honors Friday ...