[Hacksaw]

Yeah we didn't need to blow it up to keep it from being captured after running it aground on a marked shoal. Actually the Monitor went down with help from a rather severe storm off of Hatteras, which is not called the graveyard of the Atlantic without reason.

Yeah, sinking an unseaworthy vessel in a storm with the crew aboard looks brilliant compared to running it aground.

[Non-Sequitur]

Yeah, sinking an unseaworthy vessel in a storm with the crew aboard looks brilliant compared to running it aground.

Ships sink in storms, it was a fact of life during the period. It was impossible to forcast them so the Union Navy has nothing to apologize for. And the crew abandoned the Monitor before sinking and were taken onboard the escorting ship.