The USS Monitor was an advance in ironclad warships in its time. It had a rotating turret on which a canon was mounted. It was part of the US Civil War sea battle at Hampton Roads. It fought against the CSS Virginia. This was the first battle between ironclad warships in history. The battle was a stand-off. The Moniter never fought again as it was lost in a sea storm some months later.
In the Monitor vs. Merrimack battle during the Civil War, there were no casualties.
The USS Monitor was a Union, United States ship.
sinking of the monitor
The naval battle during the American Civil War that involved the clash between the USS Merrimack and the USS Monitor was the Battle of Hampton Roads.
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
The Monitor vs. Merrimack battle was fought on March 9, 1862 during the American Civil War.
The Confederacy's Ship (Merrimack) And the Union's Ironclad Ship (Monitor)
The Union ironclad USS Monitor was referred to as a "cheesebox on a raft".
They used the Monitor in Monitor vs Merrimack. They used boats to transport the soldiers to the Peninsular Campaign,
The first ironclad of the North was the USS Monitor. Afterwards it built many ironclad ships, many based on the design of the Monitor.
The Battle of Hampton Roads (Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack ) .
Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor, an ironclad ship in the Civil War? A+