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The CSA stole a naval battle ship by the name of the USS Merimer and redesigned it into an ironclad named the CSS Virginia. The CSA used this ship to patrol around Chesapeake Bay and destroy wooden USA naval ships. The Union then designed an ironclad named the USS Monitor, which could move in shallower water (better for the Chesapeake Bay) and had a revolving turret. The revolving turret allowed the Monitor to continue firing on the CSS Virginia without manuvering it's whole body. The CSS Virgina was made for deeper water, and had trouble moving around in the shallow bay.
Interesting fact: The USS Monitor had toilets onboard.
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What was the first ironclad ship made?
The first Ironclad ship ever made was by the northern states during the civil war was named the Monitor.
What was the Norths Ironclad during the civil war?
The first ironclad of the North was the USS Monitor. Afterwards it built many ironclad ships, many based on the design of the Monitor.
What did the people call the ironclad battleship during the civil war?
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
Which of these sentences uses correct capitalization Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor an Ironclad ship in the Civil War?
Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor, an ironclad ship in the Civil War? A+
Who designed the ironclad ship MONITOR?
John Ericsson
