Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The idea of armoring ships was ancient, and gained serious attention from the dawn of muskets and cannons at sea. In the 16th and ...

THE new system of naval warfare which characterizes the age was proposed by John Stevens of Hoboken during the War of 1812, recommended by Paixhans in 1821, made the subject of official and private ...

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...

The Union’s USS Monitor is considered by many to be the most famous ironclad ship of the American Civil War, if not the most famous ship of any kind. It shares the honor with its archnemesis, the ...

NORTH CAROLINA -- One of the nation's most revered military shipwrecks was visited in May by a NOAA-backed team and they made a surprising discovery 16 miles off North Carolina. The Civil War ironclad ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Officials say a relic from a Confederate ironclad ship has been removed from the Savannah River. The Army Corps of Engineers says a CSS Georgia cannon was removed from the ...

REMEMBERING the number of books already published treating in a practical form of compasses, their deviations on board iron ships, and the consequent adjustments, some persons may be disposed to ask, ...