A monitor is a relatively small warship that is neither fast nor strongly armored but carries disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s, during the First World War and with limited use in the Second World War .

USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by the Navy.

This is a list of all monitors of the United States Navy. While the most famous name is represented in this list, many monitors held multiple names during their service life. View the complete list of names.

The Monitor Story. An overview of the development and career of USS Monitor from conception by John Ericsson, through a short career as a warship of the United States Navy, to its loss off Cape Hatteras, NC, in December 1862, and its subsequent discovery and recovery.

Monitor, ironclad warship originally designed for use in shallow harbours and rivers to blockade the Confederate states in the American Civil War (1861–65). Built by the engineer John Ericsson for the U.S. Navy, the original vessel of this type was named Monitor.

2024年7月3日 · When the sea claimed USS Monitor in 1862, the world lost an irreplaceable piece of cultural heritage. Fortunately, 140 years later, one-fifth of the ship was recovered from the depths of the Atlantic.

2023年10月26日 · The USS Monitor was a groundbreaking ironclad warship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during the American Civil War, known for its revolutionary rotating turret and armored design. Its iconic battle with the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads in 1862 marked the first-ever clash between ironclads, signaling the end of wooden warships’ dominance.

Most famous for her role in the world’s first naval battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor was one of three such vessels commissioned by the United States Navy during the Civil War. In the Battle of Hampton Roads, on March 9, 1862, the Monitor fought the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly called the USS Merrimac ) of the ...

…warship was accepted, and the Monitor was launched on Jan. 30, 1862. Wholly steam-powered and with a screw propeller, the vessel, with its armoured revolving turret, set a revolutionary pattern for warships that continued into the 20th century.

A 'Tour' of the USS Monitor. The USS Monitor represented a radical departure from traditional warship design. The first American warship with no masts and sails, the vessel was powered by steam alone. Constructed almost exclusively of iron and heavily armored, the Monitor was, in fact, almost a submarine. With barely more than one foot of ...