The U.S. Navy's Three Headed Monster-USS Roanoke

One perceived flaw in the design of the original USS Monitor was its lack of firepower. With only two XI-inch guns, many in the U.S. Navy f...

USS Monitor 150th Anniversary Experience at the Mariners' Museum

Auctioned “Experience” Inside USS Monitor ’s Revolving Gun Turret to Highlight 150 th Anniversary of Ironclad’s Demise,  Support Ongoing Con...

USS Passaic-Bringing a Bigger Gun to the Fight

  USS Passaic testing her XV-inch Dahlgren towards the Palisades. When asked by a Congressional panel investigating the outcome of the B...

Let me count the ways (of sinking CSS Virginia)

CSS Virginia in its attack on USS Cumberland. (United States Navy image) This past weekend's observance of the 150th anniversary of the ...