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    USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...
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    in the Second World War. The original monitor was designed in 1861 by John Ericsson, who named it USS Monitor. They were designed for shallow waters...
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    the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built from remnants of the burned steam frigate USS Merrimack...
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    design was technologically inferior to Coles's version. Ericsson designed USS Monitor in 1861, its most prominent feature being a large, cylindrical gun turret...
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    scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The...
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  • Look up Monitor, monitor, Monitors, or monitors in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Monitor or monitor may refer to: Monitor, Alberta Monitor, Indiana...
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    2013 America's Cup The Mariners' Museum is home to the USS Monitor Center. The ironclad Monitor was made famous in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862...
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    first armoured ironclad warship equipped with a rotating gun turret, USS Monitor, which dramatically saved the U.S. (Union Navy) naval blockading squadron...
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    complete USS Monitor, an innovative design proposed by the Swedish inventor John Ericsson. The Union was also building a large armored frigate, USS New Ironsides...
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    Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is the site of the wreck of the USS Monitor, one of the most famous shipwrecks in U.S. history. It was designated as...
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