TY - BOOK ID - 77916183 TI - USS Monitor PY - 2012 SN - 1603444742 1280772190 9786613682963 1603447490 9781603447492 9781603444736 1603444734 9781603444743 PB - College Station Texas A & M University Press DB - UniCat KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Underwater archaeology KW - Shipwrecks KW - Archaeological digs KW - Archaeological excavations KW - Digs (Archaeology) KW - Excavation sites (Archaeology) KW - Ruins KW - Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) KW - Archaeology KW - Archaeology, Submarine KW - Marine archaeology KW - Maritime archaeology KW - Nautical archaeology KW - Submarine archaeology KW - Underwater exploration KW - Marine archaeologists KW - Marine disasters KW - Wrecks KW - Adventure and adventurers KW - Marine accidents KW - Voyages and travels KW - Collisions at sea KW - Monitor (Ironclad) KW - U.S.S. Monitor (Ironclad) KW - USS Monitor (Ironclad) KW - United States KW - Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (N.C.) KW - Hatteras, Cape (N.C.) KW - U.S.S. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary (N.C.) KW - Cape Hatteras (N.C.) KW - History KW - Naval operations. KW - Antiquities. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77916183 AB - A hundred and fifty years ago, naval warfare entered a new phase with the introduction of ironclad vessels. On March 9, 1862, the USS Monitor, prototype of this new class of warships, fought the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia, after the Virginia had ravaged the Union fleet blockading the James River, sinking larger, seemingly more powerful wooden warships in a potent demonstration of the power of an armored, heavily-gunned, steam-powered warship. In the world's first clash between iron-armored warships, ER -