Later Monitors
See also: Monitor (warship)Monitor became the prototype for a new warship type dubbed "monitor" after the original. Many more were built, including river monitors and deep-sea monitors, and they played key roles in Civil War battles on the Mississippi and James Rivers. Some had two or even three turrets, and later monitors had improved seaworthiness. Many designs had a rounded deck so fragmentation from enemy fire would ricochet, rather than penetrate.
Just three months after the famous Battle of Hampton Roads, the design was offered to Sweden.
The last original American monitor, USS Wyoming (BM-10), was stricken from the Navy List in 1937.
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