| USS MONITOR |
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Hits from Virginia: 25 times Shots Fired: 55 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" Dalgren smoothbore guns Armor: 8" turrent, 4.5" sides, 2" deck, 9" pilothouse Speed: 6 knots |
| CSS VIRGINIA |
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Hits From Monitor: 20 times Shots Fired: ??? 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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