Evan Squires, AMH2010, Monday-Friday, 10:30 am
Most students are well aware of the battle between these two ironclad ships in 1862. The four-hour battle proved to be a stalemate, which most people know. What is interesting is the fate of these two ships. The Merrimack was intentionally blown up by the Confederates about two months after the battle in an effort to prevent the ship from falling into Union hands. The Monitor was sunk while being towed during a storm about fifteen miles off the coast of North Carolina. I think this is an ironic end for the two deadliest ships of the time.
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Keith, Patrick AMH2010
Wasn’t the reason for the stalemate between the two forces an inability of the offenses of the two ships to penetrate the defenses of the other’s ship?
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