Sun, 28 December 2008 (53 mins). Part 3 explains how the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (aka USS Merrimac) were constructed, and offers a play-by-play of the famous naval battle between them.Please take just a moment to RESOURCES Monitor (book), by James Tertius deKay Mariner's Museum Monitor Exhibit The Monitor Center Video of Monitor steam engine model Video of expedition to Monitor wreck Paper on documentation of the USS Monitor Other Monitor Class warships Statue of John Ericsson at Battery Park |
Wed, 24 December 2008 |
Thu, 11 December 2008 (57 mins). A close look at the history of the first battle between ironclad warships: the battle at Hampton Roads
between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (aka the USS Merrimac). Part 1 concerns the reasons why ironclad warships became necessary, and it uses the career of brilliant Monitor designer John Ericcson to illustrate the problem that great minds typically encounter when they live in a world that's dominated by mediocrity. Please take just a moment to |

(53 mins). Part 3 explains how the ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (aka USS Merrimac) were constructed, and offers a play-by-play of the famous naval battle between them.
(51 mins). Part 2 concerns the political and military intrigue of the American Civil War that led to the construction of the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (aka, the USS Merrimac).
(57 mins). 



