Monitor vs Virginia: First Ironclad Battle Changes Naval Warfare Forever
Ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia clash at Hampton Roads, compelling naval architects worldwide to scrap wooden hulls for armored steel. This stalemate ends centuries of naval warfare dominance by sail and wood, instantly rendering every existing warship obsolete.
March 9, 1862
164 years ago
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CSS Virginia
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USS Monitor
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Battle of Hampton Roads
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American Civil War
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Ironclad warship
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USS Monitor
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CSS Virginia
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USS Merrimack (1855)
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