Ocean-going Monitors: Monadnock-class, Dictator, and Puritan
Presenter:
John V. Quarstein
Director emeritus of the USS Monitor Center
About the lecture:
Early monitors suffered from serious flaws, including poor seaworthiness and limited firepower. In response, John Lenthall of the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Construction and Repair developed the Monadnock-class ironclads. Featuring wooden hulls with iron-protected decks, turrets, and pilothouses, these ships carried four XV-inch Dahlgren guns and reached speeds of nine knots. Unlike later monitor designs, they proved to be capable and reliable seagoing vessels.
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Image Credit: USS Puritan in dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding. Courtesy HII, https://hii.com/news/photo-release-newport-news-shipbuilding-celebrates-130th-anniversary/