World & Nation
For more than 150 years after the celebrated Civil War ironclad Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., the engines and pumps that drove history’s first mechanized warship have been silent.
March 6, 2016
Daily Press photos of the USS Monitor gun turret, which is being preserved at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News.
July 24, 2015
More than 150 years after it sank off Cape Hatteras inside the warship Monitor, a woolen coat discarded by a Union sailor trying to escape the doomed Civil War ironclad is approaching another milestone.
Jan. 10, 2015
For Joe Silva, Sunday’s tour of the Navy destroyer USS Merrill was an event that caused the 70-year-old former Navy signalman to reflect on his service during World War II and later during the Korean conflict.
Jan. 17, 1994
Travel & Experiences
Higher education Get ready for a sky-high class in geology.
March 18, 2007
The Chinese government wants to implement its own version of one of the U.S.’s proudest legacies — a national park system.
Nov. 11, 2019
Restoration efforts on Civil War steam engine progressing
Dec. 18, 2010
The Monitor turret treatment tank on Monday, July 27, 2015 was exposed from beneath an alkaline solution for the first time in three years.
July 27, 2015
Bobby Yokoi has enough tuna to feed a small army--one fish.
Feb. 1, 1995
As navies go, the Navy of Confederate States of America was short-lived.
Dec. 18, 1988