Iron Thunder by Avi
... Captain Worden recovered his sight and “continued to serve on other Monitors and had himself a fine navel career.” p. 190 103. In the book, Iron Thunder, what did the London Times say about the English Navy? “Whereas the English Navy had available for immediate purposes 149 first class war ships . . ...
... Captain Worden recovered his sight and “continued to serve on other Monitors and had himself a fine navel career.” p. 190 103. In the book, Iron Thunder, what did the London Times say about the English Navy? “Whereas the English Navy had available for immediate purposes 149 first class war ships . . ...
The Battle of Hampton Roads
... Hampton Roads was a peaceful waterway cross-roads prior to the start of the Civil War. The importance of the area, where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, was instantly realized by both warring parties. The James River provided a direct water route between Richm ...
... Hampton Roads was a peaceful waterway cross-roads prior to the start of the Civil War. The importance of the area, where the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay, was instantly realized by both warring parties. The James River provided a direct water route between Richm ...
Ironclads and Gunboats - Villages Civil War Study Group
... The Mississippi River system was the highway of the western part of the Confederate and United States. At the beginning of the war, the South controlled the Mississippi from Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio emptied into the Mississippi, to New Orleans. There were several important rebel strongholds a ...
... The Mississippi River system was the highway of the western part of the Confederate and United States. At the beginning of the war, the South controlled the Mississippi from Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio emptied into the Mississippi, to New Orleans. There were several important rebel strongholds a ...
Hostile Forces: The Battle of Hampton Roads and Nineteenth... America's Industrial Nightmare
... came to the end of a harrowing and arduous journey from her origin in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She sailed into Hampton Roads illuminated by the light from the still-burning Congress. The Monitor, which looked more like a piece of machinery than a ship, looked almost as strange to onlookers as the Virgi ...
... came to the end of a harrowing and arduous journey from her origin in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. She sailed into Hampton Roads illuminated by the light from the still-burning Congress. The Monitor, which looked more like a piece of machinery than a ship, looked almost as strange to onlookers as the Virgi ...
Battle of the Ironclads - Essential Civil War Curriculum
... were hot-shot guns. A seven inch Brooke rifle rested on a pivot mount at each end of the casemate, where the structure was pierced by three gun ports. In addition to this armament, a 1,500-pound cast-iron ram was attached to the ironclad’s bow. The Confederates were in a rush to finish their warship ...
... were hot-shot guns. A seven inch Brooke rifle rested on a pivot mount at each end of the casemate, where the structure was pierced by three gun ports. In addition to this armament, a 1,500-pound cast-iron ram was attached to the ironclad’s bow. The Confederates were in a rush to finish their warship ...
Panic on the Palisades Madden GSL13
... New York, petitioned the navy to permanently station Passaic in the area to compensate for the lack of decent harbor defenses. The navy had different priorities, however, and wanted to get its new model ironclad ships into action as soon as possible. Passaic, followed by her sister ships, as fast as ...
... New York, petitioned the navy to permanently station Passaic in the area to compensate for the lack of decent harbor defenses. The navy had different priorities, however, and wanted to get its new model ironclad ships into action as soon as possible. Passaic, followed by her sister ships, as fast as ...
The Delta General - Brig/Gen Benjamin G. Humphreys Camp #1625
... planning to build others. In 1860 the French Navy commissioned La Gloire, the world's first ocean-going ironclad warship. Great Britain followed a year later with HMS Warrior. The use of armor remained controversial, however, and the United States Navy was generally reluctant to embrace the new tech ...
... planning to build others. In 1860 the French Navy commissioned La Gloire, the world's first ocean-going ironclad warship. Great Britain followed a year later with HMS Warrior. The use of armor remained controversial, however, and the United States Navy was generally reluctant to embrace the new tech ...
a comparison of hms warrior (1861) to the uss monitor
... had 90 vessels and only 20 were steam powered. Between 1861 and 1865, the Union Navy would grow from 90 ships to 600.9 In March of 1861 the Philadelphia Examiner opined that “Before the end of the year, France will have eight and England six such vessels [ironclads]. How many are we to have?”10 An I ...
... had 90 vessels and only 20 were steam powered. Between 1861 and 1865, the Union Navy would grow from 90 ships to 600.9 In March of 1861 the Philadelphia Examiner opined that “Before the end of the year, France will have eight and England six such vessels [ironclads]. How many are we to have?”10 An I ...
Breaking the Union`s Blockade Anaconda Plan
... ironclad, the Monitor, designed by Swedishborn engineer John Ericsson. Ericsson’s ship had unusual new features, such as a revolving gun tower. One Confederate soldier called the Monitor “a tin can on a shingle!” Although small, the Monitor carried powerful guns and had thick plating. When the Virgi ...
... ironclad, the Monitor, designed by Swedishborn engineer John Ericsson. Ericsson’s ship had unusual new features, such as a revolving gun tower. One Confederate soldier called the Monitor “a tin can on a shingle!” Although small, the Monitor carried powerful guns and had thick plating. When the Virgi ...
The Battle of Hampton Roads, or how to change
... engines of the steamship Merrimack, covered it with armoured iron cladding, reduced the number of guns in exchange for larger calibre weapons (only 10 versus 50 on the USS Cumberland) and installed a ram under the waterline: the first ironclad warship, the CSS Virginia, was born in February of 1862. ...
... engines of the steamship Merrimack, covered it with armoured iron cladding, reduced the number of guns in exchange for larger calibre weapons (only 10 versus 50 on the USS Cumberland) and installed a ram under the waterline: the first ironclad warship, the CSS Virginia, was born in February of 1862. ...
CWRT News Letter February 2009
... and a broadside battery of two six-inch rifles and six nine-inch smoothbores. Affixed to her bow was an iron ram, allowing the ship herself to be employed as a deadly weapon. Virginia made her first combat sortie on 8 March 1862, steaming down the Elizabeth River from Norfolk and into Hampton Roads. ...
... and a broadside battery of two six-inch rifles and six nine-inch smoothbores. Affixed to her bow was an iron ram, allowing the ship herself to be employed as a deadly weapon. Virginia made her first combat sortie on 8 March 1862, steaming down the Elizabeth River from Norfolk and into Hampton Roads. ...
Mariners` Museum marks 152nd anniversary of ironclad battle
... Built in 118 days, the USS Monitor, Swedish engineer John Ericsson’s “cheesebox on a raft,” arrived in Hampton Roads on the evening of March 8, just a few hours too late to save the Union vessels USS Cumberland and USS Congress from the Confederate ironclad’s rampage earlier that day. The March 9 f ...
... Built in 118 days, the USS Monitor, Swedish engineer John Ericsson’s “cheesebox on a raft,” arrived in Hampton Roads on the evening of March 8, just a few hours too late to save the Union vessels USS Cumberland and USS Congress from the Confederate ironclad’s rampage earlier that day. The March 9 f ...
Ironclads
... to complete. When it was done, the armor encasing the Virginia was two inches thick backed by two feet of iron and pine. It was equipped with ten guns and fourteen gun ports and was ready for action by February of 1862. When Union intelligence learned of the construction of the Virginia, they scramb ...
... to complete. When it was done, the armor encasing the Virginia was two inches thick backed by two feet of iron and pine. It was equipped with ten guns and fourteen gun ports and was ready for action by February of 1862. When Union intelligence learned of the construction of the Virginia, they scramb ...
21-Behind_the_War - Duplin County Schools
... officer quarters, and the galley were all located below the waterline. The famous 21 1/2-foot diameter, revolving gun turret was the first of its kind. The CSS Virginia was a Confederate ironclad built from the burned hull of the USS Merrimack. The Monitor was ordered to Hampton Roads in early March ...
... officer quarters, and the galley were all located below the waterline. The famous 21 1/2-foot diameter, revolving gun turret was the first of its kind. The CSS Virginia was a Confederate ironclad built from the burned hull of the USS Merrimack. The Monitor was ordered to Hampton Roads in early March ...
Children`s Books About Ironclad Vessels
... LEXILEOn March 9, 1862, the world's first battle between two ironclad warships took place in the confined waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The previous day the Confederate ironclad CSS Merrimack - officially the CSS Virginia - impervious to her enemy's guns, had sunk two Union warships. When she r ...
... LEXILEOn March 9, 1862, the world's first battle between two ironclad warships took place in the confined waters of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The previous day the Confederate ironclad CSS Merrimack - officially the CSS Virginia - impervious to her enemy's guns, had sunk two Union warships. When she r ...
BATTLE OF IRONCLADS
... the shallow draft required and it being somewhat shorter in length, Monitor had greater maneuverability than Virginia in Hampton Roads. Lieutenant Worden was Commander of the Monitor from her commissioning till the time of his wounding as the result of a direct hit while he was peering out the obser ...
... the shallow draft required and it being somewhat shorter in length, Monitor had greater maneuverability than Virginia in Hampton Roads. Lieutenant Worden was Commander of the Monitor from her commissioning till the time of his wounding as the result of a direct hit while he was peering out the obser ...
July 21, 1861
... The U.S.S. Monitor was the first Union iron-clad ship. This picture shows the deck and the turret of the U.S.S. Monitor. ...
... The U.S.S. Monitor was the first Union iron-clad ship. This picture shows the deck and the turret of the U.S.S. Monitor. ...
USS Monitor
The 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 CSS Virginia (built on the hull of the former steam frigate USS Merrimack) to a standoff. The unique design of the ship, distinguished by its revolving turret which was invented by American inventor Theodore Timby, was quickly duplicated and established the Monitor type of warship.The remainder of the ship was designed by the Swedish-born engineer and inventor John Ericsson, and hurriedly built in Brooklyn in only 101 days, Monitor presented a new concept in ship design and employed a variety of new inventions and innovations in ship building that caught the attention of the world. The impetus to build Monitor was prompted by the news that the Confederates were building an ironclad warship, named Virginia, that could effectively engage the Union ships blockading Hampton Roads and the James River leading to Richmond and ultimately advance on Washington, D. C. and other cities, and could do so virtually unchallenged. Before Monitor could reach Hampton Roads, the Confederate ironclad had destroyed the sail frigates USS Cumberland and USS Congress and had run the steam frigate USS Minnesota aground. That night Monitor arrived and the following morning, just before Virginia was about to finish off the Minnesota, the new Union ironclad confronted the Confederate ship, preventing her from wreaking further destruction on the wooden Union ships. A four-hour battle ensued, both ships pounding the other with close-range cannon fire, although neither ship could destroy or seriously damage the other. This was the first-ever battle fought between two armored warships and marked a turning point in naval warfare.After the Confederates were forced to destroy Virginia as they withdrew in early May, Monitor sailed up the James River to support the Union Army during the Peninsula Campaign. The ship participated in the Battle of Drewry's Bluff later that month and remained in the area giving support to General McClellan's forces on land until she was ordered to join the blockaders off North Carolina in December. On her way there she foundered while under tow during a storm off Cape Hatteras on the last day of the year. Monitor 's wreck was discovered in 1973 and has been partially salvaged. Her guns, gun turret, engine and other relics are on display at the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia.