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To: Kartographer

Cool story. As a teenager I was always facinated with the stories of the Monitor and the Merrimack.

42 posted on 01/30/2015 12:41:57 PM PST by McGruff (We have met the enemy and they are our own party.)

To: McGruff

They have the Monitor’s turret at the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News. It’s still in a saltwater bath being cleaned.

50 posted on 01/30/2015 1:20:45 PM PST by NorthMountain

To: McGruff

"As a teenager I was always facinated with the stories of the Monitor and the Merrimack."

Have you seen this article and video:

58 posted on 01/30/2015 2:24:30 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)

To: McGruff

Which, of course, was really the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia.

69 posted on 01/31/2015 10:25:49 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")

To: McGruff

That’s the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia

149 posted on 10/04/2015 12:14:42 AM PDT by Jack Straw from Wichita

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