Comments by "WALTERBROADDUS" (@WALTERBROADDUS) on "USS Monitor - From Angry Raft to National Treasure" video.

  1. The Confederates have about as much life as the Oakland A's.
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  2. 🤔 Pardon me for asking, I am well I'm familiar with John Erickson as the designer of the U.S.S. Monitor. Is there any one person who gets design credit for the C.S.S. Virginia? Or was this a design by committee type thing?
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  3. ​ @joshthomasmoorenew Technically the answer to your answer is, no... The conference forming the command did not take place until after the sinking of Force Z.
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  4. ​ @eliotreader8220 as explained in the video the CSS Virginia is built on the remains of what was the USS Merrimac. That's why the name is used interchangeably.
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  5.  @jakemocci3953  this is probably a topic better for another Channel.....
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  6. That's a pretty good description. The darn thing is about a seaworthy as a kayak.
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  7. ​ @Tundraviper41 that's a bit large to be a useful dual-purpose weapon.
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