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 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 ...

with a revolving turret housing two very heavy guns, which touched off debate over the superiority of the turreted or the broadside design. Fuller takes us through the complexities of the British ...