| USS MONITOR |
| NAME | BUILDER | LAID DOWN | LAUNCHED | COMMISSIONED |
| Monitor | Continental (Delamater) | 25 Oct 1861 | 30 Jan 1862 | 25 Feb 1862 |
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Tonnage: 987 tons displacement; 776 tons burden Dimensions: 179' overall X 41'6" X 10'6", or 172' X 41' 6" X 8' 4" Machinery: 1 screw, 2 Ericsson vibrating-lever engines (36" X 2'2''); Double-trunk cylinders with two-in-one casting, plus two large return box boilers. Indicated horsepower 320 = 9 knots Complement: 49 Armament: 2 - 11" smoothbore guns Armor: 8" turrent, 4.5" sides, 2" deck, 9" pilothouse Speed: 6 knots |
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| CSS VIRGINIA |
| NAME | BUILDER | LAID DOWN | LAUNCHED | COMMISSIONED |
| Virginia | Boston | 14 Jun 1855 | 17 Feb 1862 | Mar 1862 |
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Tonnage: 3,200 tons burden, 4636 tons (as originally built) Dimensions: 263' between foreside of stem and aftside of rudder post X 51' 4" X 22' or 275' X 38' 6" X 22' Machinery: 1 screw, 2 horizontal back-acting engines (72" X 3'), 4 boilers; indicated horsepower 1,200 = 9 knots Complement: 320 Armament: 2 - 7" muzzle-loading rifle pivots, 2 - 6"/32 muzzle-loading rifle pivots, 6 - 9" smooth bore Dalgren's in broadside, 2 - 12 pdr howitzers Armor: 2" + 24" wood Speed: 9 knots, but closer to 6. 40 minutes = 180 degree turn. |
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