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The first practical Union ironclad was the USS Monitor. While the Monitor carried only two guns, they were superior to the fixed broadsides of the Confederate CSS Virginia (the original name of the ship was "Merrimac", which is how the ship is widely known) because the Monitor's guns were in a rotating turret which could be aimed in any direction. The fixed cannon of the Virginia could be turned only slightly; in order to turn the guns, they needed to turn the ship.
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What was the name of the union warship?
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
What was the name of the first Southern ironclad ship?
The Merrimac
What was the first unions ironclad ship name?
Monitor
What was the name of the first northern ironclad ship?
Monitor
What was the name of the confederacys first ironclad ship?
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raised and cut down original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.
What was the name of the union?
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
What was the name of the union warship?
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
Who first used the ironclad ship in the civil war?
The Union
Name the first union ironclad warship that fought the first sea battle in the civil war?
USS Monitor, CSS Virginia was the Confederate vessel.
What was the famous union ironclad ship?
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
What was the union ironclad that was built to compete with the confederate ironclad?
The Union Ironclad Ship that was built to compete with the Confederate Ironclad was called the U.S.S. Monitor and the Confederate Ironclad was called the Merrimack (more accurately, the CSS Virginia).
Six plus six eguals?
The USS Monitor. the name of the union ironclad ship
What is the name of the NC ironclad ship used to ram the union vessels?
It is the CSS Albemarle.
What was the name of the first nouthern ironclad ship?
Monitor.
What was the first unions ironclad ship name?
Monitor
What was the name of the first Southern ironclad ship?
The Merrimac
What was the name of the first northern ironclad ship?
Monitor
