Название: Osprey New Vanguard 45 - Union Monitor 1861-65
Автор: Angus Konstam
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2002
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 48
Размер: 12,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

The first seagoing ironclad was the USS Monitor, and its profile has made it one of the most easily recognised warships of all time. Following her inconclusive battle with the Confederate ironclad Virginia on March 9, 1862, the production of Union monitors was accelerated.