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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42211

"The Great Fight Between the 'Merrimac' & 'Monitor', March 9th 1862."

"The First Battle Between Iron Clad Ships of War."

Lithograph by Currier & Ives, New York, 1862, "From a sketch furnished by F. Newman of Norfolk, Va.", depicting the action between USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack).

Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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1 May 2001