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The ships in the Civil War were called the Ironclad.
The first ironclad of the North was the USS Monitor. Afterwards it built many ironclad ships, many based on the design of the Monitor.
Yes, there were naval battles; in fact, the first ironclad ships were invented during the Civil War.
Maramac and Monitor
The SOUTHERN ironclad ship was the Merrimac, which was also called the Virginia.
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they were used as ships during war
YES. IT FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON RHODES AGAINST THE IRONCLAD MERRIMAC IN THE WORLDS FIRST BATTLE OF IRONCLAD SHIPS
The Merrimac(the south's ship) and the Monitor(the North's ship)
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
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.
Ironclad warships that were used against each side were significant in the world of naval warfare. It made wooden warships and cargo ships easy targets for ironclad ships of war.