What happened to the ironclad Monitor?
What happened to the ironclad Monitor? Monitor's wreck was discovered in 1973 and has been partially salvaged. Her guns, gun turret, engine, and other relics are on display at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, a few miles from the site of her most important military action. Where is the USS Monitor wreck? The main wreck itself lies 16 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the NOAA designated Monitor Naitonal Marine Sanctuary, lying upside down, tilted at an angle to starboard. Was the USS Monitor an ironclad? The USS Monitor was the Union Navy's first ironclad warship...