. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r, asfar as her anticipated work was done, it was successful. Withthe wooden vessels she had it all her own Avay. IJut as of theMonitor herself, after the euf-agement, too high hopes wereformed, so, of her antagonist, before she had been tried out,too much A^as expected. The monitors failed signally against well-protected shorebatteries. As more and more of these turreted vessels wereordered to be constructed during the war, they were divided intoclasses that differed but slightly from the original type. Therewere two-turreted, and
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . r, asfar as her anticipated work was done, it was successful. Withthe wooden vessels she had it all her own Avay. IJut as of theMonitor herself, after the euf-agement, too high hopes wereformed, so, of her antagonist, before she had been tried out,too much A^as expected. The monitors failed signally against well-protected shorebatteries. As more and more of these turreted vessels wereordered to be constructed during the war, they were divided intoclasses that differed but slightly from the original type. Therewere two-turreted, and, even at the last, thrce-turreted moni-tors; although the low free-board was maintained, the 2)ro-tecting overhang had disappeared, and this added greatly totheir seaworthiness. The tragic loss on the 31st of December,1862, of the original little vessel, which became a coffin forsixteen of her crew in a gale oft Cape Hatteras, had taughtship-designers more than a little. A war-ship must first beseaworthy, and beside having defensive and offensive qualities,.
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