- USS Monitor@
Find sites for USS Monitor, the first ever ironclad warship commissioned by the U.S. Navy which sank while under tow in the Atlantic Ocean. Sites include history, list of crew members, photographs, first person accounts, virtual tour of the ship and the wreck, conservation efforts, and sites for its Swedish engineer-designer, John Ericsson.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Historic/USS_Monitor
- Hampton Roads: Battle of the Ironclads
Includes a detailed review of the battle, official reports, background on the development of ironclad ships, and statistics on each ship.
www.civilwarhome.com/ironclad.htm
- CSS Virginia@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Navy/CSS_Virginia
- Showdown at Hampton Roads
Describes the first battle between ironclad ships, often called the Monitor-Merrimack engagement, which marked a new era in naval warfare.
www.civilwar-va.com/virginia/va-tidewater/showdown.html
- USS Monitor versus CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack)
Original reports from the captains and officers of the Monitor and Virginia as well as other vessels. From the U.S. Naval Historical Center.
www.history.navy.mil/docs/civilwar/hamptonroads.htm
- Mariners' Museum: The Battle of Hampton Roads
Features four accounts of the inconclusive battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia on March 8 and 9, 1862.
www.mariner.org/monitor/05_battlehr
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