BATTLE DAMAGE


USS MONITOR

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

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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