The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) were two ironclad warships belonging to the United and Confederate States Navy, respectively. They were important because of the fact that they fought each other in the first battle between two ironclad warships.
The monitor vs. Merrimack took place in 1862.
Ironclads.
If the question asks only about the crews of the two ships, the Monitor had a crew of 59, and the Merrimack had 320, but the entire two-day Battle of Hampton Roads involved thousands more. The Merrimack was joined by five CSN gunboats, and there were five USN warships at Hampton Roads. [The Merrimack sank two of them before the Monitor arrived.]
Monitor
They were the first ironclad battleships.
261 people died at the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (renamed the CSS Virginia).
The monitor vs. Merrimack took place in 1862.
Lieutenant John Worden, USN on the Monitor. Captain Franklin Buchanan, CSN on the Virginia (previously the Merrimack).
1862
Ironclads.
The Monitor and the Merrimack
If the question asks only about the crews of the two ships, the Monitor had a crew of 59, and the Merrimack had 320, but the entire two-day Battle of Hampton Roads involved thousands more. The Merrimack was joined by five CSN gunboats, and there were five USN warships at Hampton Roads. [The Merrimack sank two of them before the Monitor arrived.]
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Monitor
They were the first ironclad battleships.
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