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Model of the Monitor

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Arthur G. Henning Inc

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Physical DescriptionWood model with plastic parts.General HistoryBuilt by contract with John Ericsson at Green Point, Long Island, and launched January 30, 1862, the USS Monitor saw its first naval action at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862. Despite the CSS Virginia being almost twice its size, with ten guns, the Monitor with its two eleven-inch turret guns held its own. The engagement ended in a draw. The Monitor sank in a gale off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on December 31, 1862.
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution

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  1. American Civil War (1861 1865)
  2. Arthur G. Henning Inc
  3. Boats And Boating
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War And Reconstruction
  6. Civil War, 1861 1865
  7. Military
  8. Naval History
  9. Ships
  10. Think Finity

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