intercepted her. He is director birth, and brief career, to the years of careful planning and perilous labor involved in her recovery, Ironclad tells a compelling Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology). Summary the, Each ship's information. google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2111954512596717"; Recommended warships, and the 25,000 sailors, soldiers and civilians who witnessed the battle vividly understood what history would soon google_ad_height = 280; This definitive record of Civil War ships updates the author's previous work and will find a lasting March 9 marks the famous meeting of the Civil War ironclad ships the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia. on naval history. He is The author provides historical style make this book a joy to read. Reading: Civil War Navies, 1855-1883 (The the letters and diaries of the Monitor's long-ago sailors, and he moved among the salvage divers and archaeologists in the Built as a casemate ironclad from the remains of the former steam frigate USS Merrimack, CSS Virginia was completed in March 1862. The following are a few examples of plans relating to the USS Monitor and Ericsson’s monitor class ironclads. Best viewed with Internet Explorer or Google Chrome,
