On the deck of an Iowa-class ship, the Mark 7 would be mounted in turrets on individual slides, which could be elevated independently of each other. The result was, technically, a three-gun turret ...
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 ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Hampton Roads has a rich history, and there’s no more memorable battle than the one between the ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The tank housing the historic USS Monitor's gun turret was drained for the first time in years while undergoing conservation efforts at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in ...