Interior of the Monitor's Turret

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USS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy. Monitor consisted of a heavy round revolving iron gun turret on the deck, housing two 11 inch Dahlgren guns, paired side by side.

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Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 6) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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