The USS Monitor revolutionized naval warfare with its rotating turret and iron armor. But just months after its historic ...

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ABOVE: A multibeam sonar image shows the shipwreck in 2016. It lies 16 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C. LEFT: A diver is shown near the Monitor.

The Monitor made nautical history when the Union ship fought the Confederate CSS Virginia in the first battle between two ironclads on March 9, 1862. The battle was a draw.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Exactly 145 years after the USS Monitor faced the Confederate ship CSS Virginia in the first clash of ironclads, a $30 million center dedicated to the Union vessel opened Friday.

The Monitor's confrontation with the CSS Virginia ended in a draw. The Virginia, built on the carcass of the U.S. Navy frigate USS Merrimack, was the Confederate answer to the Union's ironclad ships.

David Alberg of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary talked about the recovery and identification of human remains from the USS Monitor, the Union ship that faced off with the CSS Virginia near ...