During the American Civil War as what were the battleships Monitor and Merrimac classed ?
"knights riding on donkeys, easy to avoid but bad to close with"". Reed later developed the design into the , the first ocean-going turret ships without masts, the direct ancestors of the pre-dreadnought battleships and the dreadnoughts. USS Monitor USS ""Monitor"" was an iron-hulled steamship. Built during the American Civil War, she was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Union Navy. ""Monitor"" is most famous for her central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March 1862, where, under the command of Lieutenant John Worden, she fought the casemate ironclad (built on the hull of the former"
"during the years of the American Civil War. Vessels constructed included a triple-turreted monitor, a class of paddlewheel-propelled monitors, a class of semi-submersible monitors, and a class of monitors armed with spar torpedoes. In the 1860s and 1870s several nations built monitors that were used for coastal defense and took the name ""monitor"" as a type of ship. Those that were directly modelled on ""Monitor"" were low-freeboard, mastless, steam-powered vessels with one or two rotating, armoured turrets. The low freeboard meant that these ships were unsuitable for ocean-going duties and were always at risk of swamping, flooding and possible loss."
"USS Monitor USS ""Monitor"" was an iron-hulled steamship. Built during the American Civil War, she was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Union Navy. ""Monitor"" is most famous for her central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March 1862, where, under the command of Lieutenant John Worden, she fought the casemate ironclad (built on the hull of the former steam frigate ) to a standstill. The unique design of the ship, distinguished by its revolving turret which was designed by American inventor Theodore Timby, was quickly duplicated and established the monitor type of warship. The remainder"
"warships which engaged in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads on March 8–9, 1862, during the US Civil War. The battle took place between the USS ""Monitor"" and the CSS ""Virginia"". The latter ship had been rebuilt from the wreck of the USS ""Merrimack"". The site of the battle was within 1 mile (1.6 km) of the bridge–tunnel structure named by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a memorial. Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel (MMMBT) is the 4.6 mile-long (7.4 km) Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664 in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. It is a"
"17 February 1862, the ironclad was the hope of the Confederacy to destroy the wooden ships in Hampton Roads, and to end the Union blockade which had already seriously impeded the Confederate war effort. USS Merrimack (1855) USS ""Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac"", was a frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS ""Virginia"" was constructed during the American Civil War. The CSS ""Virginia"" then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as ""the Battle of the ""Monitor"" and the ""Merrimack"""") in the first engagement between ironclad warships. ""Merrimack"" was the first of six"
"USS Merrimack (1855) USS ""Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac"", was a frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS ""Virginia"" was constructed during the American Civil War. The CSS ""Virginia"" then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as ""the Battle of the ""Monitor"" and the ""Merrimack"""") in the first engagement between ironclad warships. ""Merrimack"" was the first of six screw frigates (frigates with steam power and propeller, ""screw"") begun in 1854. Like others of her class (, , , and ), she was named after the eponymous river. In Massachusetts, the Merrimack River"
"Union blockade on Hampton Roads. The most famous of these encounters, being the Battle of Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia, often referred to as the Merrimac(k) because it was previously the USS Merrimack. The Union Army reoccupied Fort Norfolk in 1862 after General John E. Wool landed at Willoughby and marched on the city Norfolk. This caused the Confederates to evacuate both the fort and the city resulting in Norfolk's surrender. For the remainder of the Civil War, under Union occupation, Fort Norfolk was used to imprison captured Confederate blockade runners. The Army Corps of"
"The Monitor (album) The Monitor is the second studio album by American indie rock band Titus Andronicus, released in March 2010 through XL Recordings. It is a concept album loosely based on themes relating to the American Civil War. The album title is a reference to the USS ""Monitor"", the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy, and the closing track, ""The Battle of Hampton Roads"", refers to the battle between the ""Monitor"" and the CSS ""Virginia"", which took place on March 8–9, 1862; according to the band, ""Releasing this record is our way of celebrating the 148th"
"Union Army under General George B. McClellan, who worried that she could interfere with his positions on the York River. Although his fears were baseless, they continued to affect the movements of his army until ""Virginia"" was destroyed. Both days of the battle attracted attention from almost all the world's navies. The USS ""Monitor"" became the prototype for the monitor warship type. She thus became the first of two ships whose names were applied to entire classes of their successors. The other was . Many more were built, including river monitors, and they played key roles in Civil War battles"
"characteristics into submarines have not been widely adopted. The USS ""Monitor"" was an iron-hulled, steam-powered warship—built during the American Civil War—as the first ironclad warship commissioned by the Union Navy. The ""Monitor"" is noted for its role in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, when it fought indecisively against the casemate ironclad, . The novel design of the ship, distinguished by its revolving turret and low profile, was quickly duplicated and established the monitor type of warship for use in shallow coastal waters. Its low-freeboard deck—only above the water—with a single gun turret gave it the appearance of a"
"USS Merrimac (1864) USS ""Merrimac"" was a sidewheel steamer first used in the Confederate States Navy that was captured and used in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ""Merrimac"" was purchased in England for the Confederate government in 1862. After a successful career as a blockade runner, she was captured by USS ""Iroquois"" off the coast of Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 24 July 1863. Purchased by the Navy from New York Prize Court 10 March 1864, ""Merrimac"" commissioned at New York 1 May 1864, Acting Master William P. Rogers in command. After joining the East Gulf"
"Canonicus-class monitor The ""Canonicus""-class monitor was a class of nine monitors built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. They saw service in the Civil War and the Spanish–American War, although two of them were never commissioned. They were basically improved s, modified in accordance with war experience. The four ships not commissioned during the war were built on the Ohio River, three at Cincinnati and ""Manayunk"" as far up as South Pittsburgh. The hull lines were improved and designed speed is given as but there was no hope of getting near this. The side armour was backed"
"the burned and scuttled naval frigate USS ""Merrimac"". In the spring of 1862, the remains of the USS ""Merrimac"" were rebuilt at Norfolk Navy Yard as an ironclad and renamed as the CSS ""Virginia"". The Battle of Hampton Roads began on March 8. The battle would ultimately ended in a stalemate however, as neither navy was able to do significant damage to the other due to the heavy armor plating. Over the next several months, CSS ""Virginia"" tried in vain to engage the ""Monitor"", but the USS Monitor was under strict orders not to fight unless absolutely necessary. On May"
"a low-freeboard, the ship needed less armour, ending up with a draft of just 1.3 m. The first monitor was built in the American Civil War, which was between the Northern, Union and Southern, Confederate states, the Northern states introduced an innovation in military technology, , designed by the Swede, John Ericsson. USS ""Monitor"" clashed with the Southern – thought to be unsinkable – in March 1862, in which battle the former ship was victorious in that ""Virginia"" had to withdraw from the battle. The new military technology solution begun to be copied all over the world. The career of"
"called monitors or monitor cars in the U.S.; the raised part of the roof was known as a turret. In ship design of around 1900, a turret deck was a more austere version of the trunk deck. Monitor (warship) A monitor was a relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s, during the First World War and with limited use in the Second World War. During the Vietnam War they were used by the United States Navy. The Brazilian Navy's ""Parnaíba"" is the last"
"rapidly as she disappeared from sight. However, according to the Department Of The Navy - Naval Historical Center, the ship sank on 15 January 1865. USS Merrimac (1864) USS ""Merrimac"" was a sidewheel steamer first used in the Confederate States Navy that was captured and used in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. ""Merrimac"" was purchased in England for the Confederate government in 1862. After a successful career as a blockade runner, she was captured by USS ""Iroquois"" off the coast of Cape Fear River, North Carolina, 24 July 1863. Purchased by the Navy from New York"
"developments in helicopters brought a more practical way to transport troops by air. The period after the Napoleonic Wars was one of intensive experimentation with new technology; steam power for ships appeared in the 1810s, improved metallurgy and machining technique produced larger and deadlier guns, and the development of explosive shells, capable of demolishing a wooden ship at a single blow, in turn required the addition of iron armor, which led to ironclads. The famous battle of the ""CSS Virginia"" and ""USS Monitor"" in the American Civil War was the duel of ironclads that symbolized the changing times. Although the"
"to relieve the blockade on Southern ports and its dire effects on the Confederate economy. One of the more well-known ships was the CSS ""Virginia"", formerly the sloop-of-war USS ""Merrimack"" (1855). In 1862, after being converted to an ironclad ram, she fought the USS ""Monitor"" in the Battle of Hampton Roads, an event that came to symbolize the end of the dominance of large wooden sailing warships and the beginning of the age of steam and the ironclad warship. The Confederates also constructed submarines, among the few that existed after the early ""Turtle"" of the American Revolutionary War. Of those"
"These monitors were turreted ironclad warships inspired by ; as well as coastal ships which closely followed her design, the term ""monitor"" also encompassed more flexible breastwork monitors which had a modest armored superstructure and were thus more seaworthy. These also featured modern rifled breech-loading guns. Monitor-style ships were used extensively in offensive roles during the Civil War, but were impractical for ocean service and offensive action abroad. They were, however, ideally suited for harbor defense with their shallow draft and large guns. Postwar, Civil War-era monitors were dispersed to important harbors, including San Francisco on the west coast. From"
"converting the captured to an ironclad at the naval shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia. Subsequently, the urgency of ""Monitor""s completion and deployment to Hampton Roads was driven by fears of what the Confederate ironclad, now renamed ""Virginia"", would be capable of doing, not only to Union ships but to cities along the coast and riverfronts. Northern newspapers published daily accounts of the Confederates' progress in converting the ""Merrimack"" to an ironclad; this prompted the Union Navy to complete and deploy ""Monitor"" as soon as possible. Word of ""Merrimack""s reconstruction and conversion was confirmed in the North in late February 1862 when"
"he was inspired by Ken Burns's ""The Civil War"" and the ship itself so much that he decided to name Titus Andronicus's second album in its honor. ""Monitor"" gave her name to a new type of mastless, low-freeboard warship that mounted its armament in turrets. Many more were built, including river monitors, and they played key roles in Civil War battles on the Mississippi and James Rivers. The breastwork monitor was developed during the 1860s by Sir Edward Reed, Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, as an improvement of the basic Monitor design. Reed gave these ships a superstructure to"
"battle scenes of the Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery. The Navy is represented by a sea battle between ironclad warships – ""The Monitor and The Merrimack"". This has a local connection, the iron plates that covered the ""USS Monitor"" were forged in Troy. Bronze plaques list the names of major battles from each war. The monument was designed by the architectural firm of Fuller & Wheeler (1883–97) of Albany, New York. The stone was quarried and fabricated by Frederick & Field of Quincy, Massachusetts. The bronze figure of ""Columbia"" was modeled by James E. Kelly, and the bronze relief panels were"
"by several navies, including those of the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan. USS ""Monitor"" had had very little freeboard so as to bring the mass of the gun turret down, thereby increasing stability and making the boat a smaller and therefore harder target for gunfire. At the end of the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy -class monitors had large ballast tanks that allowed the vessels to partially submerge during battle. This idea was carried further with the concept of the Royal Navy's R class of submarine gunboats. The British M-class submarines were initially designed for shore bombardment,"
"""Merrimack"", raised and rebuilt as a Southern ironclad ram—had made her deadly foray into that roadstead and destroyed the frigate and , originally a frigate but cut down to a razee sloop of war. The next day, the novel and plucky Union ironclad ""Monitor"" had challenged and checked ""Virginia"" when the dreaded Confederate warship reentered Hampton Roads to finish off the remaining Union blockading squadron. Their fierce fight to a draw on the historic afternoon of 9 March began some two months of an uneasy naval stalemate in Hampton Roads while Union Army transports brought the troops of General George"
"ships were the ""Washington Irving"", the ""Anglo Saxon"", the ""Anglo American"", the ""Daniel Webster"", and the ""Ocean Monarch"". The ""Ocean Monarch"" was lost to fire on August 28, 1848, soon after leaving Liverpool and within sight of Wales; over 170 of the passengers and crew perished. During the American Civil War, the U.S. Navy contracted McKay to build the USS ""Nausett"", one of the few ""Casco""-class monitors to be commissioned. On January 25, 1977, a public hearing was held at Boston City Hall to consider designation. The house was designated as a Boston Landmark in May 10, 1977, it was"
"and pilot houses. Warships of ""Passaic"" class included: The first ship of the class was named for the town of Passaic, New Jersey. Passaic-class monitor The ""Passaic""-class ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy saw service in the U.S. Civil War and the Spanish–American War. This highly successful class was an improved version of equipped with a XV-inch Dahlgren gun in place of one of the XI-inchers. Naval architect and engineer John Ericsson designed the ""Passaic""-class warships, drawing upon lessons learned from the first , which he also designed. The ""Passaic"" monitors were larger than the original ""Monitor"" and had their"
"Milwaukee-class monitor The ""Milwaukee""-class monitors were a class of four riverine ironclad monitors built during the American Civil War. Several supported Union forces along the Mississippi River in mid-1864 before participating in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August. ""Chickasaw"" and ""Winnebago"" bombarded Confederate coastal fortifications during the battle and during subsequent operations as well as engaging the ironclad ""Tennessee II"". The other two ships arrived at Mobile Bay after the battle and all four supported the land attacks on Mobile in March–April 1865. ""Milwaukee"" struck a torpedo during this time and sank. The surviving three ships were sold in"
"""Canonicus"", the last survivor, was finally decommissioned 31 years before being sold. Canonicus-class monitor The ""Canonicus""-class monitor was a class of nine monitors built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. They saw service in the Civil War and the Spanish–American War, although two of them were never commissioned. They were basically improved s, modified in accordance with war experience. The four ships not commissioned during the war were built on the Ohio River, three at Cincinnati and ""Manayunk"" as far up as South Pittsburgh. The hull lines were improved and designed speed is given as but there"
"given its name. She was designed by John Ericsson for emergency service in the Federal navy during the American Civil War (1861–65) to blockade the Confederate States from supply at sea. Ericsson designed her to operate in shallow water and to present as small a target as possible, the water around her acting as protection. Nathaniel Hawthorne described ""Monitor"" thus: The Battle of Hampton Roads (March 1862), between ""Monitor"" and , was the first engagement between ironclad vessels. Several such battles took place during the course of the American Civil War, and the dozens of monitors built for the United"
"years earlier during the Civil War. The exterior of the Merrimac-Monitor Building looked somewhat like a battleship, while the interior held a large, circular exhibit describing the battle. The railroads put on elaborate displays. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) displayed its entire F.F.V. passenger train. The New York Central (NYC) electric engine on display was part of its Grand Central Station modernization project in New York City. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) brought a -diameter section of its new East River Tunnel. The same section was later installed underwater as part of the link to the new Penn Station in"
"by the nickname ""The Rebel Monster"". In the aftermath of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the names ""Virginia"" and ""Merrimack"" were used interchangeably by both sides, as attested to by various newspapers and correspondence of the day. Navy reports and pre-1900 historians frequently misspelled the name as ""Merrimac"", which was actually an unrelated ship. Hence ""the Battle of the ""Monitor"" and the ""Merrimac"""". Both spellings are still in use in the Hampton Roads area. A RELIC OF WAR FOR SALE: The undersigned has had several offers for the IRON PROW! of the first iron-clad ever built, the celebrated Ram and"
"the Civil War steamship USS Monitor off the coast of North Carolina. The United States Navy moved ships from Norfolk Naval Base to open waters to prevent damage along the docks from the high waves. Then-Virginia governor George Allen declared a state of emergency due to the threat from the hurricane. Though Felix did not make landfall, its large circulation created large swells across much of the western Atlantic Ocean. In Puerto Rico, waves caused minor coastal flooding in Cataño. While passing south of Bermuda, Felix produced sustained winds of 63 mph (102 km/h) with gusts to 80 mph (129"
"USS Merrimac (1894) USS ""Merrimac"" was a United States Navy collier during the Spanish–American War. It was the only American vessel sunk by the Spanish navy in that conflict. ""Merrimac"", a steamship, was built by Swan & Hunter shipyard as SS ""Solveig"" in Wallsend, England, in November 1894. She was purchased by the US Navy in April 1898. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson ordered her to be sunk as a blockship at the entrance of Santiago Harbor, Cuba, in an attempt to trap the Spanish fleet in the harbor. On the night of 2–3 June 1898, eight volunteers attempted to"