Ironclad warship - Wikipedia An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells
Clash of the Ironclads - American Battlefield Trust When they met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Union iron-plated gunboats had already been plying the waters of Western Theater rivers for some weeks But no two such ships had ever faced each other in combat The two vessels each featured innovative design characteristics
Ironclad | Civil War, Monitor, Merrimack | Britannica On March 9, 1862, the Monitor and the Merrimack (correctly, the Virginia) fought their historic duel off Hampton Roads, Va , the first battle between ironclads
Battle of the Ironclads - U. S. National Park Service On March 9, 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in American history occurred as two ironclads, the U S S Monitor and the C S S Virginia fought to a draw off Hampton Roads, Virginia
American Civil War Ironclads - War History On 19 April Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of the 3,500 miles of Confederate coastline Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles launched a major construction program, which included ironclads Washington also purchased civilian ships of all types, many of them steamers, for blockade duty
Ironclads - (AP US History) - Vocab, Definition, Explanations | Fiveable Ironclads were warships armored with iron or steel plates, marking a significant advancement in naval warfare during the Civil War These vessels played a crucial role in changing naval strategies and tactics, demonstrating the shift from wooden ships to more formidable iron-armored ships
Introduction - Civil War Ironclads: Topics in Chronicling America . . . In 1861, Ironclads were created and deployed to the naval battlefields to destroy wooden ships This guide provides access to material related to "Civil War Ironclads" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers
The Ironclads: Monitor vs Merrimack - civil-conflict. org Ironclads were steam-propelled naval vessels (warships) that had the parts, above water, covered and protected by large plates of iron or steel that were thick and strong to resist heavy shot
Ironclads - NCpedia Ironclads were warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot and shell by virtue of their iron-armored wooden hulls Other names for these ships include rams, armorclads, iron gophers, iron elephants, iron coffins, turtle-backs, and mud-crushers