USS Monitor

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 central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the casemate ironclad CSS Virginia to a stalemate. The design of the ship was distinguished by its revolving turret, which was designed by American inventor Theodore Timby; it was quickly duplicated and established the monitor class and type of armored warship built for the American Navy over the next several decades.

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Monitor ironclad
monitor, Morgan Iron Works, United States Navy, United States, 

• National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@
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Location: 35.0017, -75.4064, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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  USS Atlanta ⓘ
  casemate ironclad gunboat that served in both the Confederate and Union Navies in the American Civil War

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  USS Monitor ⓘ
  1862 unique ironclad: first in United States Navy service

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  USS YP-389 ⓘ
  patrol boat

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keel laying

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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USS Monitor at sea

Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers, print (MET, 63.550.340)

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Atlanta	steamship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Monitor	monitor	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS YP-389	patrol vessel	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1897	Diamond Shoal	shipwreck, lightvessel	Wikidata
commons	image		USS Monitor at sea		Commons
commons	image		Terrific Combat Between the "Monitor" 2 Guns & "Merrimac" 11 Guns – In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 – In which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole "School" of Rebel Steamers, print (MET, 63.550.340)		Commons
commons	image		H59543		Commons