USS Monitor gun turret tank drained for 1st time since 2019
The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The ...
Tour of USS Monitor’s drained gun turret tank
The turret spent nearly 140 years on the ocean floor after the ironclad warship sank during a storm off Cape Hatteras, North ...
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USS Monitor’s turret tank drained for the first time in years -- The drained tank provides rare opportunity to view the turret up close
The tank that holds the iconic revolving gun turret from the ironclad warship USS Monitor is drained for the first time since ...
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Turret of USS Monitor visible at Mariners’ Museum
The turret of the USS Monitor is in the middle of preservation ... “Every turret on a ship, you know, from gun battleships all the way through now with autonomous lidar you see on modern ...
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Mariners’ Museum drains conservation tank housing USS Monitor gun turret
The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained for the first ... warship sank during a storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in 1862. It was the first of its kind to be ...
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Visitors receive rare chance to view historic USS Monitor turret at Mariners’ Museum and Park
The 115-ton revolving gun turret was the first of its kind to be used in combat, representing a major technological advancement for the navy. The USS Monitor then spent almost 140 years off the ...
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The Aircraft Carrier That Turned the Tide in WWII for America
55 caliber guns mounted in triple turrets. Additionally ... of smaller caliber guns that served in defensive roles. The USS North Carolina was the lead ship of its class and had an impressive ...
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Mariners Museum to Host Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Event
HAMPTON ROADS — The Mariners Museum will hold its annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Celebration in partnership ...
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USS Monitor gun turret tank drained for 1st time since 2019
The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found ... floor off the Outer Banks near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, where the ship sank in a storm Dec. 31, 1862.