Unlike Anything That Ever Floated The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862 [#376536]

English | 2021 | ISBN: 1611215250 | 251 pages | True EPUB | 16.13 MB
"Ironclad against ironclad, we maneuvered about the bay here and went at each other with mutual fierceness," reported Chief Engineer Alban Stimers following that momentous engagement between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (ex USS Merrimack) in Hampton Roads, Sunday, March 9, 1862.
The day before, the Rebel ram had obliterated two powerful Union warships and was poised to destroy more. That night, the revolutionary-not to say bizarre-Monitor slipped into harbor after hurrying down from New York through fierce gales that almost sank her. These metal monstrosities dueled in the morning, pounding away for hours with little damage to either. Who won is still debated.
One Vermont reporter could hardly find words for Monitor: "It is in fact unlike anything that ever floated on Neptune's bosom." The little vessel became an icon of American industrial ingenuity and strength. She redefined the relationship between men and machines in...
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