As the first of its kind ever to be installed on a ship, the Monitor’s 115-ton revolving gun turret represented a major technological advancement that changed the course of naval architecture ...

The story of the Navy is a story of shipbuilding ... combat in world history,” Hoffman said. “Every turret on a ship, you know, from gun battleships all the way through now with autonomous ...

The 115-ton revolving gun turret was the first of its kind to be used in combat, representing a major technological advancement for the navy. The USS Monitor then spent almost 140 years off the ...

The 115-ton revolving gun turret spent nearly 140 years on the ocean ... and represented a major technological advancement in naval warfare at the time. In 1973, the warship’s wreckage was ...