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The USS Monitor and it's Confederate counterpart the CSS Merrimack are classified as "ironclads", basically gunships built with traditional hulls, but topped with an impenetrable iron deck.
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Who built monitor type ironclads for the North after the USS Monitor?
Based on the blueprints of the USS Monitor, ship building pioneer, Donald McKay built monitor type ironclads for the Union's navy during the US Civil War.
What was the North's iron clad ship called?
The USS Monitor.
Who built the USS monitor?
The USS Monitor was commissioned on January 30, 1862.
What technology was a first for the iron-clad USS Monitor besides the turrent?
Answer The USS Monitor was the first ship to have a flushing toilet that was mounted below the water line.
The first battle of ironclad ships involved the ccs Virginia originally the uss merrimack and what other ship?
USS Monitor
Who invented the ship the USMonitor?
The USS Monitor was designed by John Ericsson. It was built in only 101 days by Continental Iron a works in Brooklyn, New York. The USS Monitor was the first ironclad navy ship built in the US.
What side did ironclad warship Monitor belong to during the civil war?
The USS Monitor was a Union, United States ship.
Six plus six eguals?
The USS Monitor. the name of the union ironclad ship
What was the name of the ship that the Monitor defended after it had run aground and was threatened destruction by the Virginia?
USS Minnesota
What Confederate navy ship fought against the USS Monitor?
C.S.S. Virginia- formerly the Merrimac.
Who invented the USS Monitor?
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.
What type of civil war weapon is a tin can on a shingle?
USS Monitor
