![On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other](https://www.nbc12.com/resizer/sBE5nErZcL4SUhWjuFyg2B6Hawk=/arc-photo-gray/arc3-prod/public/FAOYDWSAAJG5XHAXLMBR5TWYTU.png)
On this day: U.S.S Monitor and C.S.S Virginia duke it out in a naval warship battle unlike any other
![Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums](https://springfieldmuseums.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/terrific-engagement-between-the-monitor-2-guns-and-merrimac-10-guns-in-hampton-roads-march-9th-1862-the-first-fight-between-ironships-of-war-by-currier-ives.jpg)
Terrific Engagement between the Monitor 2 guns, and Merrimac 10 guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The first fight between Ironships of war., Currier & Ives | Springfield Museums
![military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxCXP.jpg)
military - Why did the Monitor and Merrimac (aka Virginia) have such radically different designs? - History Stack Exchange
![Naval battle between the USS Monitor and the Merrimack (Merrimac), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake Naval battle between the USS Monitor and the Merrimack (Merrimac), the Battle of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.NWI.85843840.7055475/4831679.jpg)