|
This page features selected views of USS Monitor, and provides links to comprehensive pictorial coverage on her. ... USS Monitor, a 987-ton armored turret gunboat, was built at New York to the design of John Ericsson. She was the first of what became a large number of "monitors" in the United States and other...
|
www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monitor.htm
www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/monitor.htm
|
|
|
|
This page features images of the battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, on 9 March 1862. ... Action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, 9 March 1862...
|
www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/civilwar/n-at-cst/hr...
www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/civilwar/n-at-cst/hr-james/9mar62.htm
|
|
|
USS Monitor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
'USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor
|
|
|
|
National Marine Sanctuaries ... The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary protects the wreck of the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, best known for its battle with the Confederate ironclad Virginia in Hampton Roads, Va., on March 9, 1862.
|
monitor.nos.noaa.gov/
monitor.nos.noaa.gov/
|
|
John Ericsson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was an American Swedish-born inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. He was born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, but p...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ericsson
|
|
Monitor Expedition 2002 ... The 140-year-old USS Monitor gun turret was recovered from the bottom of NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary in August, during a 41-day expedition that brought the Civil War relic to the museum for further excavation and conservation.
|
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02monitor/monitor.h...
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02monitor/monitor.html
|
|
The USS Monitor, launched early in the American Civil War, has been called the U.S. Navy’s first modern warship. In 1975, her sunken and rusting hull became America’s first national marine sanctuary. ... Aug 10 At long last the engine of the USS Monitor was presented by NOAA to the Mariners' Museum.
|
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/monitor01/monitor01...
oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/monitor01/monitor01.html
|
|
The USS Monitor Hisotry -Made in Brooklyn USA ... The Monitor slid into the water in 101 days. It moved from the Continental Ship Yard into of the Brooklyn Navy Yard on January 30th, 1862 for delivery and some further fitting. 172 feet long, it drew 10 1/2 feet of water, possessing two 11 inch smoothbore Dahlgren guns on...
|
www.brooklynonline.com/waterfront/work/monitor.html
www.brooklynonline.com/waterfront/work/monitor.html
|
|
