Ironclads Clash at Hampton Roads: Wooden Ships Obsolete
Ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia clash at Hampton Roads, compelling naval architects worldwide to scrap wooden hulls for armored steel. This stalemate ends centuries of naval warfare dominance by sail and wood, instantly rendering every existing warship obsolete.
March 8, 1862
164 years ago
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