The Greenpoint Monitor Museum "Road Show" P.S. 34 Oliver H. Perry School February 3, 2006

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This is the Confederate ironclad that fought against the USS Monitor. It was originally called the USS Merrimac when it was a wooden sailing ship. Her sails were cut and she was covered with iron. The Confederates called her the CSS Virginia. She was destroying the US Naval fleet of wooden sailing ships until she fought against the USS Monitor.

This is the Confederate ironclad that fought against the USS Monitor. It was originally called the USS Merrimac when it was a wooden sailing ship. Her sails were cut and she was covered with iron. The Confederates called her the CSS Virginia. She was destroying the US Naval fleet of wooden sailing ships until she fought against the USS Monitor.

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