#uss monitor

[ltwilliammowett]

Navigation Lantern (Port), by William Porter. Used aboard USS Monitor, 1862

Recovered in 1977, this lantern was discovered lying in the sand near USS Monitor's turret.

[groovyhistory]

January 30, 1862 - USS Monitor, the US Navy's first ironclad warship launched from Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, Long Island (New York City)...

The Launching of a Legend...the USS Monitor

Explore the historic launch of the USS Monitor, the Union Navy's first ironclad, from Long Island in 1862.

[colonel-dynamite-gun]

The Monitor and Merrimac: The First Fight Between Ironclads, Louis Prang & Co., Boston, 1886

A perfect tornado of iron and flame.

From each of the war-dogs incessantly came,

The shot fell like rain on each heavy-mailed frame,

And loudly their armor rang.

[lindahall]

USS Monitor – Scientist of the Day

The USS Monitor, the world's first fully ironclad warship, was launched Jan. 30, 1862, in the first year of the American Civil War.

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[lonestarbattleship]

"Line engraving depicting the launching of USS MONITOR at the Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York. It seems unlikely that Monitor was launched with her heavy armored turret, pilothouse and other fittings already installed."

Published in Harper's Monthly, Volume 25, September 1862, page 433.

Date: January 30, 1862

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 604

[pinturasdeguerra-acorazados]

1862 03 09 Hampton Roads, Inside the turret of the USS Monitor - Adam Hook

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[joezworld]

Also, does anyone care that USCGC Eagle was captured from the Nazis? (And, more of a joke thing, would the battle between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia be the ship version of a slap fight?)

Operation Paperclip brought over a lot of people and vehicles, so when Horst Wessel was brought over, he wasn't even a blip on anyone's radar. It doesn't hurt that he was actively sorry for being built by the Nazis in the first place, and he very quickly adopted the new name Eagle in an effort to fit in. He's integrated well, and other than his Hamburg Accent when speaking German, you'd never know he wasn't always a proud American.

Monitor vs. Virginia was not a slap-fight. It was a knock-down, drag-out brawl. If there's any modern parallel that could be made, it would be the Cap vs Bucky fight from Captain America: Winter Solider, although it should be noted that Monitor was The Winter Soldier, coming out of nowhere to kick the shit out of Virginia.

[noaasanctuaries]

Happy 45th anniversary to Monitor National Marine Sanctuary! 🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂

This iconic place was the first national marine sanctuary ever designated. It protects the historic shipwreck of the Civil War era USS Monitor, and its designation highlighted on the importance of conserving the biodiversity, ecological integrity, and cultural legacy of special marine areas across the country. Happy birthday, Monitor! 

(Photo: NOAA) 

[Image description: A diver over the wreck of Monitor, which is encrusted by marine invertebrates.]