U.S.S. Monitor

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U.S.S. Monitor
vs.
C.S.S. Virginia
The Greatest Tie in all of History
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C.S.S. Virginia (formerly the U.S.S.
Merrimack) Arms Full complement (12 guns each
side), one pokey thingy. Armor 4in iron plating,
8ft. Solid oak plank. Maneuverability Are you
kidding? It was a frigate!
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U.S.S. Monitor (cute aint it?) Arms 2 guns on a
turret. (Brilliant!) Armor 6in Iron (warm n
cozy floatin boiler) Maneuverability Not too
bad. Did circles round Virginia. Dont take it
to the sea though.
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What part of not at sea didnt you understand?
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At Sea
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Not at sea. Get the point?
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This was under the nomenclature CSS Virginia
(1862-1862), ex-USS Merrimack -- Grossly
Inaccurate Views of and on board the Ship Isnt
that nice?
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The Mighty U.S.S. Cumberland sinking slowly to
death. On fire. Oops.
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Ouch! Toothy Pokey Thingy. Bye-bye Cumberly!
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Thats a-ah spicy a-flag-ah ship. (U.S.S.
Congress)
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That was a nice rest for the night. I think Ill
finish your flag-ship off now. Mr. Naval Power.
Blockade this.
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Sir! A piece of wreckage appears to be firing on
us!
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I wish someone had invented armor-piercing rounds
as they were inventing the rather obvious ideal
of armor-plating.
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Got Cannon-shot?
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At this point the Monitor simply has to fire
twice in the same spot to pierce the Virginias
armor. But its out of ammo. The Virginia simply
has to angle itself to be able to fire upon the
Monitor. But it cant move as it is out of
steam. Score North Iron Clad-0.5 South Iron
Clad-0.5 Tie game
Isnt that cute. The ships in the background
think they matter.
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Bibliography

• http//www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/civilwar
  /n-at-cst/hr-james/9mar62.htm
• This was a very useful website and I actually got
  all my pictures off of it.