"The US Navy’s post-Civil War Monitors" Topic
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24 Aug 2025 6:45 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
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Tango01  | 24 Aug 2025 4:55 p.m. PST |
"The final monitors built for the United States Navy were the USS Monterey and the four vessels of the Arkansas-class. The latter went through a somewhat difficult design process, with the initial single-turret design being criticised as leaving the ships no more powerful that the much older Amphitrite-class, which had two turrets. The monitor concept was also criticised as a result of the type's perceived poor performance during the Spanish-American War. In the end, a slightly larger, single-turret design was deemed acceptable to the critics, and the ships were built…"
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