Model of the <i>Monitor</i>
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1960
label: associated date
content: 1861
label: Date the Monitor sunk off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
content: 1862-12-31
name: label: maker
content: Arthur G. Henning Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Wood model with plastic parts.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Built by contract with John Ericsson at Green Point, Long Island, and launched January 30, 1862, the USS <i>Monitor</i> saw its first naval action at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862. Despite the CSS <i>Virginia</i> being almost twice its size, with ten guns, the <i>Monitor</i> with its two eleven-inch turret guns held its own. The engagement ended in a draw. The <i>Monitor</i> sank in a gale off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, on December 31, 1862.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, Long Island
label: associated place
content: United States: North Carolina
topic: label: Subject
content: Ships
label: Subject
content: Naval History
label: related event
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War and Reconstruction
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.58707N
label: accession number
content: 235954
label: catalog number
content: 58707-N
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, ship
label: Other Terms
content: model, ship; ship; Monitor, Steam Screw; 2 Guns
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 43 in x 10 1/2 in; 15.24 cm x 109.22 cm x 26.67 cm