The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, and her profile has made her one of the most easily recognised warships of all time. Following her inconclusive battle with the Confederate ironclad Virginia on March 9, 1862, the production of Union monitors was accelerated and by the end of the year a powerfulsquadronof wessels was able to challenge Confederate control of ports and estuaries. At the endof the war the US Navy possessed a modern coastal fleet carrying the most powerful artillery afloat. This book covers the design, development and operational history of the Union’s monitor fleet.

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