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The Civil War saw more ironclads built by both sides, and they played an increasing role in the naval war alongside the unarmored warships, commerce raiders and blockade runners. The Union built a large fleet of fifty monitors modeled on their namesake.
17 maj 2020 · The historic Battle of Hampton Roads did touch off a veritable monitor mania in the Union: Of the 84 ironclads constructed in the North throughout the Civil War, no less than 64 were of the monitor or turreted types.
9 mar 2017 · On March 9, 1862, the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia squared off in the most influential naval battle of the Civil War.
26 wrz 2024 · Ironclad, type of warship developed in Europe and the United States in the mid-19th century, characterized by the iron casemates that protected the hull. In the Crimean War (1853–56) the French and British successfully attacked Russian fortifications with “floating batteries,” ironclad barges.
11 paź 2024 · The naval side of the Civil War was a revolutionary one. In addition to their increasing use of steam power , the screw propeller, shell guns, and rifled ordnance, both sides built and employed ironclad warships.
The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia were not the world's first ironclad ships, but their epic clash at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, marked a major turning point in naval warfare.
The flying iron and wooden splinters caused no major injuries, but would remain a concern aboard later American Civil War ironclads. The USS Cumberland’s guns shattered a Dahlgren gun mounted on the CSS Virginia.
