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    Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  1. Ironclad on a rampage

    No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the <a href=&quot;#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000110">CSS Virginia</a> eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage.
    No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at Portsmouth’s Gosport Navy Yard prepared to...

    Tags: U.S. Congress, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Fort Monroe, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry

    2. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  2. First clash of the ironclads

    Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862.
    Few days opened more darkly for the U.S. Navy than March 9, 1862. Mangled by the lethal guns and armored sides of the CSS Virginia on the previous afternoon, the Union fleet in Hampton Roads still reeled from the brutal loss of two warships and 300...

    Tags: USS Monitor, Mariners' Museum, Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Blindness

    3. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Daily Press

  3. Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death

    When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...

    Tags: Heavy Engineering, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Fort Monroe, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hatteras

    4. Mar 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Museum marks USS Monitor's 150th anniversary

    One hundred fifty years ago this month, two strange-looking ships met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and changed the course of naval, if not American, history.
    One hundred fifty years ago this month, two strange-looking ships met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and changed the course of naval, if not American, history. The duel in Hampton Roads between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia ended in a draw,...

    Tags: Brooklyn (New York City), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Wildlife

    5. Jan 14, 2013 |Story| Daily Press

  5. Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death

    When the <a href=&quot;#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000164">USS Monitor</a> left <a href="#" data-topic-id="PLTRA0000001">Hampton Roads</a> on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth.
    When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...

    Tags: Heavy Engineering, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Fort Monroe, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hatteras

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