Ironclads

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U.S.S. Monitor & C.S.S. Virginia shown above CSS Hunley below.
These museum quality and accurate replicas made of resin, metal and hand painted
give you a detail remembrance of an important piece of history including display stand.

The Ironclads of 1862

Length: 24 3/4" C.S.S Virgina and U.S.S. Monitor 15 1/2"

Price: $125.00

The C.S.S. Virginia (ex-U.S.S. Merrimack) set forth in March, 1862, to do battle against the blockading U.S. Navy fleet, and met her match in the Monitor...making naval history, as the world's first engagement of ironclad warships ended in a standoff. The U.S.S. Monitor, designed and built by John Ericsson, became the model for an entire class of ships known as "monitors." Effective as a fighting ship, she was not a sea-kindly vessel and sank off Cape Hatteras during a storm, en route to the Gulf of Mexico.

C.S.S. Virginia
In July of 1861, the Confederate Navy began converting the partly-burned hull of the captured Union wooden steam frigate
MERRIMACK to an Ironclad. Rechristened VIRGINIA, she set forth in March, 1862 to do battle against the blockading
U.S. Navy fleet, eventually meeting her match, the USS Monitor.

U.S.S. Monitor
Designed and built by John Ericsson, the U.S.S. MONITOR became the model for an entire class of 60 gunboats, now known generically as "monitors". Her uniquely hull, presenting a small target, was sheathed in 1" thick iron plate. The rotating gun turret permitted firing in all directions while underway.

Monitor & Virginia Combo Kit
Price: $125.00