March 9 in American History
The Union's USS Monitor and the Confederate CSS Virginia (the former Merrimack) dueled at Hampton Roads, Virginia — the first battle between ironclad warships. Neither could sink the other, but the age of wooden navies ended that afternoon. Every warship afloat in the world was suddenly obsolete.
In 1862: the first battle of the ironclads. The Union's USS Monitor and the Confederate CSS Virginia (the former Merrimack) dueled at Hampton Roads, Virginia — the first battle between ironclad warships.
The Union's USS Monitor and the Confederate CSS Virginia (the former Merrimack) dueled at Hampton Roads, Virginia — the first battle between ironclad warships. Neither could sink the other, but the age of wooden navies ended that afternoon. Every warship afloat in the world was suddenly obsolete.
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