USS Monitor
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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, becoming the first such ship commissioned by the Navy. Monitor played a
Drawing of Monitor at sea
John Ericsson designed Monitor.
Model of Monitor
Inboard plans of Monitor
Union navy
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The Union Navy is used to describe the United States Navy during the American Civil War, when it fought the Confederate States Navy. The term is sometimes used to describe vessels of war used on the r
USS Conestoga, a converted gunboat that served on the Mississippi River.
Part of the crew of USS Monitor, after her encounter with CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack)
Crewmen of USS Lehigh in 1864 or 1865.
"The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862" (Currier and Ives lithograph)