The Greenpoint Monitor Museum "Road Show" P.S. 161 M January 13, 2006 John Ericsson convinced Abraham Lincoln to allow him to build the Union a new type of ship. He named it the USS Monitor. It was an ironclad ship. It did not need the wind. It had a steam engine and a propeller to make it move.

The Greenpoint Monitor Museum "Road Show" P.S. 161 M January 13, 2006

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John Ericsson convinced Abraham Lincoln to allow him to build the Union a new type of ship. He named it the USS Monitor. It was an ironclad ship. It did not need the wind. It had a steam engine and a propeller to make it move.

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