USS Monitor

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The USS Monitor was a pioneering Union ironclad warship of the American Civil War, famed for its revolutionary turreted design and its 1862 battle against the CSS Virginia (Merrimack).

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
USS Monitor canonical 14
Monitor (Civil War ironclad warship) 1
USS Monitor shipwreck 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Civil War naval vessel ⓘ
Union warship ⓘ
ironclad warship ⓘ
steam-powered warship ⓘ
allegiance Union ⓘ
armament two 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns ⓘ
associatedWith Union blockade of Confederate ports ⓘ
battle Battle of Hampton Roads ⓘ
beam approximately 41.5 feet ⓘ
builder Continental Iron Works ⓘ
class Monitor-class ironclad ⓘ
commissioned 1862-02-25 ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewComplement about 60 officers and men ⓘ
designer John Ericsson ⓘ
displacement approximately 987 long tons ⓘ
draft approximately 10.5 feet ⓘ
fate foundered in a storm off Cape Hatteras ⓘ
heritageStatus U.S. National Historic Landmark (wreck) ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked transition from wooden warships to ironclads ⓘ
hullMaterial iron ⓘ
laidDown 1861-10-25 ⓘ
launchDate 1862-01-30 ⓘ
length approximately 172 feet ⓘ
locationOfSinking off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina ⓘ
namesakeOf monitor warship type ⓘ
navalInnovation first U.S. Navy ship with a rotating armored turret ⓘ
pioneered monitor-type warship design ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Hampton Roads ⓘ
notableFeature almost flush deck ⓘ
iron armor plating ⓘ
low freeboard ⓘ
revolving gun turret ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
opponent CSS Merrimack ⓘ
CSS Virginia ⓘ
preservedBy USS Monitor National Marine Sanctuary ⓘ
propulsion steam engine ⓘ
protected Union wooden warships at Hampton Roads ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1862 ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1862 ⓘ
shipyard Continental Iron Works ⓘ
sunk 1862-12-31 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Atlantic coast ⓘ
Hampton Roads, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Hampton Roads
wreckDiscovered 1973 ⓘ
wreckLocation Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Ericsson → notableWork → USS Monitor ⓘ
John Ericsson → designed → USS Monitor ⓘ
Union Navy → notableShip → USS Monitor ⓘ
MMMBT → namedAfter → USS Monitor ⓘ
CSS Virginia → opponent → USS Monitor ⓘ
subject linked to: CSS Virginia (Merrimack)
A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight → subject → USS Monitor ⓘ
A Utilitarian View of the Monitor’s Fight → mentionsShip → USS Monitor ⓘ
CSS Virginia → opponent → USS Monitor ⓘ
CSS Virginia → engagedShip → USS Monitor ⓘ
Monitor National Marine Sanctuary → hasPrimaryFeature → USS Monitor shipwreck ⓘ
linked to: USS Monitor
USS Manhattan → category → Union ironclad monitors ⓘ
linked to: USS Monitor
Monitor, Washington → namedAfter → Monitor (Civil War ironclad warship) ⓘ
linked to: USS Monitor