John Ericsson, disliked the US Navy and did want anything to do with it, but finally was convinced to build the Ironclad by Cornelius Scranton Bushnell. USS, means Union States Ship. So the USS Monitor was a Union ship. USS Monitor would inflict lots of damage on any wooden boat. But in the battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The USS Monitor went up agents the CSS Virginia. (CSS, means Confederate States Ship.) The CSS Virginia also had armor protecting it, unlike John Ericsson, the Confederates covered a wooden boat with iron creating the CSS Virginia. The captain of the USS Monitor decide after the battle had lasted many hours to ram into the CSS Virginia. More damage happened to the USS Monitor, when the CSS Virginia dodged them. The USS Monitor was moved into shallow waters to wait out the rest of the battle.
Megan Beal,
Frank's Design Team
2 comments:
Maybe you and Eva could combine your posts to make one larger one. that's what Mariah and I did,and it worked very well. I think you should consider it.
Madi M, Frank's Team
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