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USS MONITOR

NAME BUILDER LAID DOWN LAUNCHED COMMISSIONED
Monitor Continental (Delamater) 25 Oct 1861 30 Jan 1862 25 Feb 1862
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
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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