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Often it is called “Clash of Iron,” “Monitor vs. Nevertheless, no matter what you might call it, the battle is always recognized as a change agent.

The March 8–9, 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, similar to many other Civil War battles, has many titles. Despite all the battle’s acclaim, the names of the ships and of the engagement itself are numerous and various. Armored, turreted ships with heavy rifled guns would dominate the seas for the next 75 years. No longer would wooden warships rule the waves. The battle that changed naval warfare forevermore, the Battle of Hampton Roads, is one of history’s 10 greatest ship-to-ship engagements.