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Uss Monitor
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Author : John D. Broadwater
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2012
Uss Monitor written by John D. Broadwater and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Lavish illustrations (photographs, site drawings, and artifact sketches) complement this informative and highly readable account. Naval warfare buffs, amateurs and professionals involved in maritime archaeology, and Civil War aficionados will be intrigued and informed by USS Monitor A Historic Ship Completes Its Final Voyage.
Drawings Of The U S S Monitor
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Author : Ernest W. Peterkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Drawings Of The U S S Monitor written by Ernest W. Peterkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Naval architecture categories.
Iron Coffin
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Author : David A. Mindell
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2012-02-09
Iron Coffin written by David A. Mindell and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-09 with Science categories.
The USS Monitor famously battled the CSS Virginia (the armored and refitted USS Merrimack) at Hampton Roads in March 1862. This updated edition of David A. Mindell's classic account of the ironclad warships and the human dimension of modern warfare commemorates the 150th anniversary of this historic encounter. Mindell explores how mariners—fighting "blindly," below the waterline—lived in and coped with the metal monster they called the "iron coffin." He investigates how the ironclad technology, new to war in the nineteenth century, changed not only the tools but also the experience of combat and anticipated today's world of mechanized, pushbutton warfare. The writings of William Frederick Keeler, the ship's paymaster, inform much of this book, as do the experiences of everyman sailor George Geer, who held Keeler in some contempt. Mindell uses their compelling stories, and those of other shipmates, to recreate the thrills and dangers of living and fighting aboard this superweapon. Recently, pieces of the Monitor wreck have been raised from their watery grave, and with them, information about the ship continues to be discovered. A new epilogue describes the recovery of the Monitor turret and its display at the USS Monitor Museum in Newport News, Virginia. This sensitive and enthralling history of the USS Monitor ensures that this fateful ship, and the men who served on it, will be remembered for generations to come.
The Construction Of The U S S Monitor
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Author : Stephen Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2019-07-08
The Construction Of The U S S Monitor written by Stephen Thompson and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-08 with History categories.
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 challenge with its own ironclad, the Monitor, but the South had the advantage of an earlier start. The Merrimac was designed and built to fight wooden ships; the Monitor was created to fight the Merrimac. The US Navy's urgent need for an ironclad led a naval review board to accept the proposed design of the Monitor after initially having rejected it. Manuscripts reveal how the board examined and turned down several proposals; they also describe how the Monitor's designer defended her against skeptics and how the construction of the vessel was organized and undertaken. The book describes the formation of a cartel of northeastern iron and shipbuilding industries that sought to monopolize the construction of blue-water ironclads. This investigation of the origin of the Monitor departs from earlier studies by focusing on the construction companies rather than on Ericsson and his most visible partners. The construction of the Monitor has never been thoroughly investigated. Most of the literature on the Monitor focuses either on Ericsson and his associates or on the dramatic meeting of the Monitor and the Merrimac; it generally ignores the actual building of the vessel. The few attempts to describe her construction contain numerous errors particularly with respect to the operation of her innovative turret.
U S S Monitor
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Author : Edward M. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Ayer Company Pub
Release Date : 1978-01-01
U S S Monitor written by Edward M. Miller and has been published by Ayer Company Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-01-01 with History categories.
The author here provides a comprehensive and well-rounded account of the U.S.S. Monitor from the early days of her designer, John Ericsson in England, up to the 1975 move by the U. S. Government to establish the Monitor Marine Sanctuary in commemoration of the famous vessel. Through the use of old logs, newspapers, survivors' accounts and his own participation in the search for the Monitor, the author has presented a moving, eye-witness account spanning more than a century of American Naval history.
Ironclad Captains
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Author : William Norwood Still (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Ironclad Captains written by William Norwood Still (Jr.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Ship captains categories.
Aboard The Uss Monitor 1862
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Author : William Frederick Keeler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Aboard The Uss Monitor 1862 written by William Frederick Keeler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with United States categories.
Ironclad Captains
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Author : Wlliam N. Still
language : en
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Release Date : 2010-09-01
Ironclad Captains written by Wlliam N. Still and has been published by www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with History categories.
The 1862 battle between the ironclads USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (aka Merrimack) is rightly regarded as a key turning point in both the naval history of the American Civil War and world naval history. At a stroke, the wooden navies of the world were rendered obsolete by the unique craft. Despite the immense significance of the ships, however, comparatively little information is available about the six officers who commanded the Monitor during its brief history. "Ironclad Captains: The Commanding Officers of the USS Monitor" presents brief, carefully researched biographies of the six men who commanded the Monitor, ranging from John Worden, the man who fought his ship in the great battle, to John Payne Bankhead, who had to order the Monitor abandoned in sinking condition during a fierce storm off North Carolina's Outer Banks. Although none of these officers commanded the Monitor for very long (a mere four days in the case of Thomas Oliver Selfridge), these officers were involved in most of the major naval actions of the Civil War and participated in nearly every type of activity in which the Navy was involved in that five-year period. In short, their combined story constitutes a "case history" of the Union navy, as well as providing fascinating details of a career in the 19th century American navy.
Ironclad Legacy
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Author : Gary Gentile
language : en
Publisher: Gary Gentile Productions
Release Date : 1993
Ironclad Legacy written by Gary Gentile and has been published by Gary Gentile Productions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
No matter how strongly constructed, the ironclad, Monitor, can not win the battle against the forces of time and nature. Until its ultimate demise, the best we can do is watch the wreck as it collapses more each year--like a loved one on her deathbed-- and remember the Monitor for what meaning it has brought into our lives: Politically, historically, and culturally.
Iron From The Deep
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Author : Robert E. Sheridan
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2004
Iron From The Deep written by Robert E. Sheridan and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Comments from the secretary of the navy who spurred the building of the Monitor, the captain who engaged her, and the young lieutenant who survived the sinking add color to these historically significant events."