Confederate ironclad will be protected

One of the largest Civil War artifacts in eastern Carolina is getting a new home in Kinston. The hull of the ironclad CSS Neuse will be moving to a climate-controlled facility that will help preserve it. The project is a private-public partnership that the city of Kinston says it has been working on for over a decade. • Article | • History of vessel

Modern waterproofing for ironclad replica

The addition of NASA-approved waterproofing technology to the CSS Neuse II has enabled the Civil War ironclad replica to do what the original ram could not — stand the test of time. • Story