The USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia
Monitor vs Merrimack
I really have to go with the CSS Virginia (Merrimack). Although the initial meeting was a tie, I think the CSS Virginia held its own. The Monitor was just a single gun turret on a raft. The CSS Virginia was a fighting machine. The CSS Virginia had a total of 12 guns compared to the USS Monitors 2.
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Monitor vs Merrimack
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PaperQuest says:
The CSS Virginia was a multi gun floating battery. She had destroyed two ships the day before this battle. She was the clear winner.
Posted March 17, 2008
No way, Monkeybrain!
bobdickinson says:
if low observability and stealth count, the monitors way out ahead. 9 shots out of 10 will be complete misses when you shoot at her. lots of guns pointed at nothing don't help win the battel
Posted October 09, 2008
jeff webb says:
Monitor rules all the way
Posted March 20, 2008
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Displacement: approx. 3200 tons
Length: 275 ft (84 m)
Beam: 38.6 ft (11.8 m)
Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Speed: 9 knots (17 km/h)
Complement: 320 officers and men
Armament: 2×7 inch (178 mm) rifles
2×6 inch (152 mm) rifles
6×9 inch (229 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores
2×12-pounder (5 kg) howitzers
Armor: Double iron plating; 2 inch (51 mm) thick
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Cheesebox on a raft
Length: 172 ft (52 m)
Beam: 41 ft 6 in (12.6 m)
Draught: 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h)
Complement: 59 officers and men
Armament: 2 × 11 in (279 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores
Armor: iron
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