13 reactions | In this SHIPWRECKED! video, learn about a surprising discovery on a mission to map the entire USS Monitor wreck site at Monitor National Marine Sanctuary: https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/fullmoon-rediscoveringtheironclad/welcome.html NOAA Monitor National Marine Sanctuary | NOAA Ocean Today | Facebook

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