[DOC] [TLE] The Battle of the Ironclads, 1862 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] An EyeWitness account of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. ... 
Armed with an underwater ram, these ships were designed to slam into and sink 
the ... At noon March 8, 1862, workmen completed the final touches of the 
Merrimac's ... Waiting for her only a few miles away was a bevy of Union 
blockaders ready... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Hampton Roads - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] May 8, 2015 ... The principal confrontations took place on March 8 and March 9, ... However, in 
the haste and confusion, Merrimack was only burned to the waterline. .... to run 
up on Virginia's submerged deck ends and hopefully sink the ship. ... While in tow 
by the USS Rhode Island the ships encountered a heavy gale. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Ironclads - Essential Civil War Curriculum [PAR] One of history's greatest naval engagements, the March 8-9, 1862 Battle of ... the 
conversion of the scuttled steam-screw frigate Merrimack into an ironclad. ... A 
gale forced him to call off attacks on March 6 and 7 as the Virginia needed calm 
... The Cumberland was mortally wounded; the ramming was only made worse by 
a... [DOC] [TLE] USS Comanche: Ironclad of San Francisco | Tramps of San Francisco [PAR] Aug 12, 2012 ... The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack changed the course of naval warfare 
during the Civil War. ... Previously designated as unseaworthy, the Aquila was 
the only ship ... gale roared into San Francisco Bay on the evening of November 
14. ... The Aquila survived the first blast but, after a lull overnight,. [DOC] [TLE] Proving the Power of Iron Over Wood | U.S. Naval Institute [PAR] Saturday, December 17, 2016 ..... When the CSS Virginia slowly steamed down 
the Elizabeth River on 8 March 1862, the ... The full story began in 1854 when the 
steam frigate Merrimack 's keel was laid at Charlestown Navy Yard near Boston. 
... Despite his orders to get the Merrimack out of the yard, McCauley ordered the... [DOC] [TLE] World Battleships List: US Civil War Monitors - Haze Gray & Underway [PAR] Oct 6, 2001 ... Postwar they saw little action, but survived to the late 1890's and early 1900's, 
and ... Launched 7 October 1862, commissioned 29 December 1862. ... Sunk in a 
gale off Morris Island, Charleston, 6 December 1863, due to shipping .... 
Operational: During the Civil War she served only on the James River. [DOC] [TLE] List of shipwrecks of the United States - Wikipedia [PAR] This is a list of shipwrecks located in or around the United States of America. .... 
One person, a trader called Ling, survived to bring word of the wreck to St. 
Michael. .... USNS Mission San Francisco, 7 March 1957, A fleet oil tanker, 
collided with the ... USS Water Witch, 19 December 1864, A sidewheel gunboat 
burned to avoid... [DOC] [TLE] Weather during the Civil War - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Jan 14, 2010 ... A well-known example was the Peninsula Campaign (1862), during which ... In 
contrast, as an 1865 coda to the famous March to the Sea, Union ... Weather 
could not only hinder battles, but could also grant success to risky maneuvers. .... 
December 31, 1862 - The USS Monitor sinks off the coast of Cape... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of the Ironclads!  The History Bomb [PAR] Mar 9, 2015 ... Unfortunately for the Union, the Merrimack was only damaged ABOVE ... For the 
stubborn man-of-war that just wouldn't sink, a 1,500 pound iron ram ... On March 
8, 1862, under the command of Captain Franklin Old Buck ... On New Year's 
Eve of 1862, Monitor sank off the coast of North Carolina in a gale. [DOC] [TLE] Dreadnought, Pre-Dreadnoughts, States & Rivers, the Treaty Cruisers [PAR] The naval race thus started was therefore only five years old when Britain, with 
the ..... lasted a few more months, sinking in a gale off Cape Hatteras

Question: It survived the Merrimack in March 1862 only to sink in a gale in December
Answer: the Monitor