The inventor of the USS Monitor was John Ericsson. It was a an ironclad warship of radical design. It was the first ironclad with a canon mounted on a revolving turret. The USS Monitor's turret was widely copied in other nations.
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Captain John L. Worden was the Commander of the USS Monitor at the Battle of Hampton Roads against the Virginia.
The Union ironclad USS Monitor was referred to as a "cheesebox on a raft".
The USS Monitor.
They weren't. They were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was built from the hull of the USS Merrimac, which was sunk and burned by the Union when they left the shipyard.
They weren't. They were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was built from the hull of the USS Merrimac, which was sunk and burned by the Union when they left the shipyard.