What was the first ironclad ship?

Answer 1

The Union ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia, built from the hull of the wooden Merrimac.

The Union Navy had multiple types of ironclads, most notably the monitors for coastal and river operations. They also had a small number of Mississipi river ironclads, and a smaller number of lightly-armored ships called tinclads. The Confederacy had only shore batteries and a single river ironclad (CSS Arkansas) to oppose them. The USS New Ironsides was the most powerful Union ironclad: an ocean-going warship more on a par with the British ironclad HMS Warrior and the French Navy's Gloire. After USS Monitor fought the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, more monitors were built, and the name also lent itself to later British warships of WWI and US monitors of the Mekong River in Vietnam. In the case of the original USS Monitor, the term ironclad is almost a misnomer, as the ship was an iron raft with only a wooden main deck. Later monitors had a more conventional wooden boat-shaped hull on which the iron armor was supported, and other improvements. The revolving armored gun turret of the montors became a staple of warship design which had persisted to the present day. The original USS Monitor was designed and named by John Ericsson who had earlier invented the screw propeller, and the name was used to identify subsequent warships of this type.

Answer 2

Perhaps the most famous Union ship of the American Civil War, the 'U.S.S. Monitor' was the Union's ironclad that did battle with the Confederate ironclad, the 'Virginia,' in March of 1862. Fighting its Southern opponent to a draw, the 'Monitor' continued to serve the North until late 1862, when it sank in a storm.

Answer 3

The first ironclad warship was the La Gloire (The glory) of the French Navy which was launched in November 1859. This was shortly followed by the Royal Naval vessel HMS Warrior in 1860.

The first US ironclad vessels were produced during the civil war, with the confederate vessel known as the The Merrimack(also known as the CSS Virgiania) finished in March 1862 and the first Northern ship was The Monitor which was launched in 1862. They fought one Civil War battle against each other, which was essentially a draw, and were not used again.

Answer 4

The Union Ironclad ship was the USS Manassas.

Answer 5

The first Ironclad ship was the Monitor.

Answer 6

USS Monitor

Answer 7

Monitor