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military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange
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Naval battle between the USS Monitor and the Merrimack (Merrimac), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake
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The Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack, March 8, 1862, lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1862 Stock Photo - Alamy
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