The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. But recently the tank ...

Had the USS Montana been constructed ... While the Iowa class boasted nine 16-inch 50 cal. guns on three turrets, the Montana would have had 12 16-inch guns of the same class in four three ...

A ceremony to mark 36 years since a gun turret explosion killed 47 Sailors onboard USS Iowa is expected to take place on Saturday.