2 in the Turrets
The USS Monitor was armed with two eleven inch smooth-bore Dahlgren cannons. The original plans were for breech loading cannons, but none were available at the time. The ship needed to be launched as soon as possible.Heavy steel doors covered the ports during reloading.
the uss monitor was used once in battle and then sunk shortly after in a wavy storm.
The first Union ironclad warship for the Union in the US Civil War was the USS Monitor. It was designed by Swedish engineer, John Ericsson. The ship was unique in that it was the first warship to have a revolving turret. This enabled the ship to always be able to aim its cannons on an enemy warship. The USS Monitor was built in 1862 and battled the CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads.
The USS Monitor was a Union warship of radical design. Its detractors gave it the nickname of the "cheesebox on a raft".
The cost of building the USS Monitor was $275,000. This was a large amount of money for 1861.
The USS Monitor was armed with two eleven inch smooth-bore Dahlgren cannons. The original plans were for breech loading cannons, but none were available at the time. The ship needed to be launched as soon as possible.Heavy steel doors covered the ports during reloading.
It had 10 cannons mounted on it compared to the USS Monitors 2
the uss monitor was used once in battle and then sunk shortly after in a wavy storm.
The first Union ironclad warship for the Union in the US Civil War was the USS Monitor. It was designed by Swedish engineer, John Ericsson. The ship was unique in that it was the first warship to have a revolving turret. This enabled the ship to always be able to aim its cannons on an enemy warship. The USS Monitor was built in 1862 and battled the CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads.
USS Monitor was created on 1862-02-25.
$275,000 was spent for the construction of the USS Monitor.
16 of the 62 crew were lost
The USS Monitor was commissioned on January 30, 1862.
The USS Monitor was built in a shipyard in New York. Its designer was John Ericsson, an inventor for the Union.
The USS Monitor was a Union warship of radical design. Its detractors gave it the nickname of the "cheesebox on a raft".
The cost of building the USS Monitor was $275,000. This was a large amount of money for 1861.
The first ironclad of the North was the USS Monitor. Afterwards it built many ironclad ships, many based on the design of the Monitor.