While the ship didn’t have a long life, it left an impact that’s still being felt today. “That turret is the first turret that fought in combat in world history,” Hoffman said.

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Lynda Richardson This past August, marine archaeologists recovered the Monitor's turret from the seafloor where the ship sank in a storm nine months after the battle. Lynda Richardson Sixteen ...

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