The USS. Monitor Civil War Ironclad Recovered

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[j.b.]

You know, we learned about this naval battle in grade school. My children certainly haven’t. Apparently it’s our job to teach our kids about American history. Great video. 👍🏻

[CAROLINATONY]

This place was amazing. There was so much to see. I hope y'all enjoy

[jimdipreta]

I very much enjoyed your video. It was well done.

[ConnorSpunaugle]

Just showed my class this video. Thank you for sharing!

[andrewgreen]

Extraordinary museum clearly no trouble fundraising for these incredible displays.

[susannehoglund]

Thank you this was really great I have shared it at FB here in Sweden where others has great intrest in ship!

[bicknell]

Loved this video very informative and I would love to visit here one day.

[pjposton]

The Mariners Museum is GREAT!! WAY more than just the Ironclads. I've spent many days visiting and loved every minute.

[oceanseabear]

Thanks for your walkthrough of the USS Monitor. Unlikely I'll get to visit now, so this was a great guided tour by an enthusiast,
It's really appreciated,

Mike.
UK.

[FrederickVanrijn]

One of the premiere maritime museums in the world, and only a dollar a head!

[philliptuwaletstiwa]

Tony, enjoyed your video on the USS Monitor. I appreciate your accurate reporting. I was in charge of NOAA's Marine Sanctuary Program when Harbor Branch's Johnson Sea Link Made the first submersible dives on the Monitor. You are correct, the first artifact we retrieved was the red-lens lantern. The day I dived the water was crystal clear. The turret was upside down and the iron belt of the hull rested on it. You could easily see the dents in the turret from the Merrimack's cannon balls. With appreciation. Capt. Phillip Tuwaletstiwa (Johnson), NOAA Ret.

[TaffenFelspar]

The Mariner’s Museum is one of many exceptional museums located in Hampton Roads area of southeast Virginia. As a metropolis, Hampton Roads is composed of the combined cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk and Smithfield on the south side with Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg and Yorktown on the north (peninsula) side. For history it has Williamsburg, Jamestown Settlement, Revolution War, Virginia War Museum and the Hampton University Museum of African American history. Also, the large harbor fort of Fort Monroe (National Monument) and smaller Fort Norfolk, The Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis and the Navy's history museum at the Nauticus in Norfolk. The Nauticus is a local maritime museum collocated with the USS Wisconsin BB-64 a WWII battleship. The Navy also provides a smaller museum in Portsmouth showcasing US naval shipbuilding technology. Another technology museum is the Hampton Air and Space Science Museum with notable Air Force and NASA exhibits. For those interested in nature and marine life, Virginia Beach hosts the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, Newport News hosts the Virginia Living Museum and Norfolk hosts the Virginia State Zoo. For fine Art lovers Norfolk has the Chrysler Museum of Art. Additionally there are many other museums scattered around Hampton Roads I will not mention here. If one was to take a whole week to explore Hampton Roads, I don’t think they would have to time visit half of them.

[jculpmm]

Nice video. I live in Newport News and was there at the terminals when they brought the Turret in and off loaded it from the research vessel onto a barge. I can’t remember if it was the next day or a couple of days later but I was at the Mariners Museum when they brought her in and off loaded the Turret on to a trailer with probably 30+ tires. There were Civil War re-enactors, union, confederate, and women wearing black all around. The had a special ceremony and played the National Anthem and Taps for those union sailors still in the Turret. As the trailer was moving past me I was able to touch the actual Turret. That was something I will never forget. So many thoughts feelings and emotions went through me knowing I was touching history and knowing this was also a coffin with sailers still inside. Seeing the dents in the Turret from the cannon balls fired from the CSS Virginia was unbelievable especially previously after seeing those dents in history book photos. Another interesting tidbit, what made this even more special is, I am a firefighter in Norfolk and in away tied to this historical battle. Our first Fire Chief in 1871 was Thomas Keville (the same person talking in the video at the CSS Virginia replica that was talking about his firefighters). He was the gun Captain of Cannon #7. During the Civil War the United Fire Company became the United Artillery Company and volunteered to be a gun company on the CSS Virginia. Once again thanks for the video, it brought back memories.

[monitor]

Thank you so much for posting this. The Monitor has fascinated me ever since I was a kid (61 now).

[robertkirby]

Just so you know how much this video is so cool for me... I got an (A+) in my history class graduating high in 82... I grew up in a welding shop and built a scale "monitor" for my grade project at the time. It was so cool, as it was about two feet long and to complete scale! The teach had all of the class go to the swimming pool during the end... as I proudly produced a model that floated in perfect form. The deck was just above the water line and I even put a "rope rail" around the deck for detail. Then... being a country boy... we took it to the lake and shot at it (drunk) till she sank. LOL!!! She took many... I'm talking MANY rounds to sink a model made from 3/16" thick plate. 223"S... shot gun... 30-30... the hole barn yard worth had one hell of a time sinking my

[chrisdavid]

This was a great video. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for posting it. I was amazed at how well the museum put together such an amazing display of artefacts.

[markc]

Cool video and thank you for letting us know about it! Will plan a trip to visit soon, loved Battleship Wisconsin in the area..

[cbhlde]

Hey, thanks for taking us with you! Amazing!

And after only hearing those names in British English by Drachinifel, I really had quite good fun with your Southern pronunciation!

Best regards and greetings from Germany! :)

[neverendingmods]

In 2nd through 5th grade in school we had library for a period. All the kids would run to comics and sci-fi section and I went by myself to the history section and read all the books on the civil war, early US Navy, etc. I really enjoyed reading the kooks on the ironclads. The books were of historical accuracy with photos. I loved that library class.

[daveblackburn]

Fantastic video. Loved the video very well done. I love watching a lot of military history on u tube. . Thanks for sharing. Respectfully herr Dave blackburn.