Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Bizarre Ships- Monitors
The Monitor and its offspring were probably the first modern battleships. Having guns in a rotating armoured turret and presenting very little structure above water, the Monitor was effective against the tall fixed gun ships of the day. It's first battle was, famously, against the Merrimac- a sort of floating fort captured and modified by the South.
More at The Monitor Centre and the US Navy's own site.
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The Monitor and its offspring were probably the first modern battleships. Having guns in a rotating armoured turret and presenting very little structure above water, the Monitor was effective against the tall fixed gun ships of the day. It's first battle was, famously, against the Merrimac- a sort of floating fort captured and modified by the South.
More at The Monitor Centre and the US Navy's own site.
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