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On this day March 8: Hampton Roads battle ends wooden navy era forever

CSS Virginia crushed wooden Union ships at Hampton Roads, proving ironclads would dominate naval warfare and reshape global ...

Hampton unveils new historical marker overlooking site of historic Civil War ironclad battle

The city of Hampton commemorates the 164th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of Hampton Roads with a new historical marker, ...

New sonar technology reveals the USS Monitor like never before

Experts unveiled high-resolution sonar scans of the USS Monitor, captured by cutting-edge underwater technology at the ...

This Day in History: USS Monitor battles CSS Virginia

Over 160 years ago on March 9, 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in U.S. history took place between the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia.
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These Are the Best Photos Ever Taken of the Most Famous Ironclad Ship of the Civil War

American defense contractor Northrop Grumman and the (NOAA) released the highest resolution images to date of the USS Monitor.
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The Battle of Hampton Roads : new perspectives on the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia / edited by Harold Holzer and Tim Mulligan

The Battle of Hampton Roads / William C. Davis -- Building the ironclads / Craig L. Symonds -- Iron horse, iron coffin : life aboard the USS Monitor / David Mindell -- Sink before surrender : the ...
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The Battle of Hampton Roads Killed Wooden Warships Once and For All

Let’s start by clarifying the whole “Merrimack” (alternate spelling “Merrimac,” sans the “k”) vs. “Virginia” nomenclature/semantics. This vessel ...