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The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac during the US Civil War. It was the first time two ironclad ships had fought each other.
The Monitor and the Merrimack fought the first ever battle between two ironclads.
The technical answer to your exact question is "none," as no ironclads from either side participated in the first sea battle of the war. The answer you might be looking for is the USS Monitor, which was the Union entry in the first battle between ironclads in the war. The Confederate ship was the CSS Virginia or Merrimack.
No, the deadliest battle of the Civil War was that of Gettysburg.
During the US Civil War, the first sea battle in history between two ironclads happened at Hampton Roads. on March 9, 1862. The Union ironclad was the USS Monitor, and the Southern ironclad was the CSS Virginia. The Virginia had been the USS Merrimack, but it was half scuttled at Norfolk and rebuilt as a Southern ironclad. Technically the battle was a draw. With that said, the US navy saw that cannon fire from the Virginia made serious dents in parts of the Monitor and feared another battle. That never happened as the Virginia was scuttled by the South to prevent it from falling into Union hands. Many ironclads based on the Monitor model were built by the Union.
Naval battle
The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac during the US Civil War. It was the first time two ironclad ships had fought each other.
If you mean American civil war- Stalemate. If you mean Jutland WWI - stalemate.
The Battle of the Ironclads occurred on March 9, 1862. This naval battle took place during the American Civil War between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formerly known as the USS Merrimack) in the Hampton Roads harbor of Virginia. It marked the first ever clash between ironclad warships.
The Monitor and the Merrimack fought the first ever battle between two ironclads.
The Confederacy's Ship (Merrimack) And the Union's Ironclad Ship (Monitor)
Ironclads were sunk by mines (called torpedos in the Civil War). No iron clad was sunk during surface actions.
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
At the US Civil War Battle of Hampton Roads, the first ever battle in war history between two ironclads took place. In 1862 the USS Monitor battled the CSS Virginia to a tie. Ironically both ships never saw duty again.
The first use of a submarine to sink a warship occurred in the Civil War. The conflict between two ironclad ships occurred for the first time in the Americas during the Civil War; ironclads were already in use in Europe and had battled in the Adriatic.
The advent of the ironclads signed the unrestrainable decline of the wooden warships.
The technical answer to your exact question is "none," as no ironclads from either side participated in the first sea battle of the war. The answer you might be looking for is the USS Monitor, which was the Union entry in the first battle between ironclads in the war. The Confederate ship was the CSS Virginia or Merrimack.