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  • Hampton Roads: Battle of the Ironclads open this site in another window - Includes a detailed review of the battle, official reports, background on the development of ironclad ships, and statistics on each ship.
  • Mariners' Museum: The Battle of Hampton Roads open this site in another window - Features four accounts of the inconclusive battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia on March 8 and 9, 1862.
  • Showdown at Hampton Roads open this site in another window - Describes the first battle between ironclad ships, often called the Monitor-Merrimack engagement, which marked a new era in naval warfare.
  • USS Monitor@ - Find sites for USS Monitor, the first ever ironclad warship commissioned by the U.S. Navy which sank while under tow in the Atlantic Ocean. Sites include history, list of crew members, photographs, first person accounts, virtual tour of the ship and the wreck, conservation efforts, and sites for its Swedish engineer-designer, John Ericsson.
  • USS Monitor versus CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) open this site in another window - Original reports from the captains and officers of the Monitor and Virginia as well as other vessels. From the U.S. Naval Historical Centre.
 



 
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