![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
![The first battle of Ironclad Warships, USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) US Civil War, March 9, 1862. : r/BattlePaintings The first battle of Ironclad Warships, USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) US Civil War, March 9, 1862. : r/BattlePaintings](https://i.redd.it/qttn84z1rcm31.jpg)
The first battle of Ironclad Warships, USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack) US Civil War, March 9, 1862. : r/BattlePaintings
![The USS Monitor fighting the CSS Merrimack at the Battle of Hampton Broads during the Civil War Painting by American School - Pixels The USS Monitor fighting the CSS Merrimack at the Battle of Hampton Broads during the Civil War Painting by American School - Pixels](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/the-uss-monitor-fighting-the-css-merrimack-at-the-battle-of-hampton-broads-during-the-civil-war-american-school.jpg)
The USS Monitor fighting the CSS Merrimack at the Battle of Hampton Broads during the Civil War Painting by American School - Pixels
![1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post 1862: The Saturday Evening Post Reports on The Monitor and the Merrimack | The Saturday Evening Post](https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/wp-content/uploads/satevepost/2021-01-06-monitor-vs-merrimack-shutterstock-860x573.jpg)