Q: In the beginning, ironclad ships were merely wooden ships with iron plates attached to them. When was the first iron ship built? — J.K., Edinburg, Texas A: The Aaron Manby was the first steamship ...

Dive into the history of the USS Monitor, the ironclad warship that revolutionized naval warfare during the American Civil War. Designed by John Ericsson and launched in 1862, this vessel changed the ...

When Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond got the contract for the first Confederate ironclad ship, making the iron wasn’t the only challenge. Getting it to Norfolk, where the USS Merrimack was being ...