In September 2025, I had the chance to make a stop at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia to see their outstanding exhibits on the USS Monitor.
The Monitor was the US Navy’s revolutionary ironclad warship, remembered for its famous Civil War clash with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (the rebuilt USS Merrimack) in Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862 – the first battle between ironclad ships in modern history.
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