3-D MODELING USS MONITOR’S ARTIFACTS ⚓️✨ Earlier this year, over 300 visitors came out to witness our collaboration with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (MNMS), and the University of West Florida to scan and 3-D model some of Monitor’s recovered artifacts. In this video, you can see our teams working together towards the same goal - putting a piece of Monitor’s incredible past in your hands. In the future, these scans will allow us to 3-D

3.9K views · 78 reactions | "On This Day" March 9, 1862 The first battle of ironclad ships takes place in the waterways of Hampton Roads when the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimac) engage in a five-hour fight that ends in a draw. | Virginia Museum of History & Culture | Facebook

On this day March 9, 1862, two U.S. naval ships, U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia went head to head in Hampton Roads in the first-ever ironclad warship battle. >> https://bit.ly/3tM7ACa | 12 On Your Side