Aboard+The+USS+Monitor



The Monitor and it's crew. || Q2-He talks of the first battle with the other powerful enemy ship The Merrimac Q3-Keeler describing the Captain of the Monitor Q4- Keeler talks about how to defeat there enemy Q5- The Merrimac has been sunk Q6- The Monitor has been swamped by the ocean because its clearly not a boat made for the sea. || Ironclads were only a recent innovation, started with the [|1859] French [|battleship] [|//La Gloire//]. Afterwards, the design of ships and the nature of naval warfare changed dramatically. While the design of //Monitor// was well-suited for river combat, her low freeboard and heavy turret made her highly unseaworthy in rough waters. This feature probably led to the early loss of the original //Monitor//, which foundered during a heavy storm. Swamped by high waves while under tow by [|//Rhode Island//], she sank on December 31, 1862 in the Atlantic Ocean off [|Cape Hatteras], [|North Carolina]. 16 of 62 crewmen were lost in the storm. [] ||  ||
 * [[image:ussmonitorreviewbg_1.jpg width="392" height="271" caption="The U.S.S. Monitor"]] || [[image:800px-Monitor_officers2.jpg width="444" height="285"]]
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 * Quote 1 || "Well here i am dear Anna on ship board at last..." pg 17 ||
 * Quote 2 || "Until we fired, the Merrimac had taken no notice of us..." pg 35 ||
 * Quote 3 || "Capt. Jeffers is a cool, cautious, careful, brave man...." pg 77 ||
 * Quote 4 || "Whoever or whatever conquers the Merrimac will have to do it at very short range" pg 82 ||
 * Quote 5 || "Morning came & with it the expected intelligence that our forces were in possession of Norfolk & that the Merrimac was blown up." pg 119 ||
 * Quote 6 || The Monitor is no more. What the fire of the enemy has failed to do, the elements have accomplished." pg 253 ||
 * Explanations || Q1-Will Keeler writing Anna telling her he was just getting on the boat
 * USS //Monitor//** was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, during the American Civil War, in which //Monitor// fought the ironclad CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy. ‘‘Monitor’’ was the first in a long line of //Monitor-class// U.S. warships and the term "monitor" describes a broad class of craft.
 * USS //Monitor//** was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. She is most famous for her participation in the first-ever naval battle between two ironclad warships, the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, during the American Civil War, in which //Monitor// fought the ironclad CSS Virginia of the Confederate States Navy. ‘‘Monitor’’ was the first in a long line of //Monitor-class// U.S. warships and the term "monitor" describes a broad class of craft.
 * || WORKS CITED ||
 * || http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor

http://misc.kitreview.com/shipreviews/images/ussmonitorreviewbg_1.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n-Qb9GZB4Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVkfhAc6l7g

Keeler, William. __Aboard the USS Monitor__. Menasha: George Banta Co. Inc, 1964 ||