Construction of the U.S.S Monitor
In the centuries preceding the American Civil War, the large wooden sailing ship was the mainstay of the world''s navies. Then, in the spring of 1861, Stephen Mallory, secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States of America, issued a challenge to the United States Navy: the South was going to fight the numerically superior wooden Navy of the US in ironclad ships. The Union responded to the chal...
In the centuries preceding the American Civil War, the large wooden sailing ship was the mainstay of the world''s navies. Then, in the spring of 1861, Stephen Mallory, secretary of the Navy of the Confederate States of America, issued a challenge to the United States Navy: the South was going to fight the numerically superior wooden Navy of the US in ironclad ships. The Union responded to the chal...
