00:00still there very good pilot Patton now let's see how close you can get us to her this morning
00:16hi captain port five degrees what in god's name is that
00:22that is the test we face
00:30that is the monitor
00:32set a course to close the monitor starboard 10 degrees
00:38gentlemen the beast spawned by satan to destroy the union
00:49now we'll find out if john erickson is a match for the devil
00:53mr harman stand directly for merrimack i want to engage her as far from the
00:59minnesota as possible yes sir
01:02starboard 40 degrees
01:06fire
01:21up here sir it hit up here did the shot come through no sir it didn't come through but it made a big tent look at this mr green the captain says to clear your ports and commence firing
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02:12Second cannon!
02:15Fire!
02:27Fire!
02:42Fire!
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03:03Fire!
03:08Mr. Ramsey!
03:10We don't seem to be making much of an impression. What if we ram?
03:13We start leaking more in the bow.
03:15Mr. Sims, prepare yourself. We're going to ram.
03:27Fire!
03:28Fire!
03:31Fire!
03:51Fire!
03:51She's swinging her way!
03:54Might work better for us.
03:56Steer directly for her.
03:58You're going to ram the Merrimack, sir?
03:59Not the monster, just its tail. If we can hit the rudder, she'll be helpless. Steady as she goes.
04:17Fire!
04:19Captain!
04:21My eyes!
04:22Sir!
04:23I can't see!
04:26Sir!
04:30Mr. Keeler, go tell Mr. Green.
04:32Quartermaster, come north, do north. I'll put us in shallow water.
04:38She's turning away, pilot. Where is she headed?
04:40For shallow water, Captain, where we can't follow.
04:43Well, then she's quitting.
04:46Giving up the fight?
04:47Looks that way.
04:52She's your ship, Mr. Green.
04:54Don't worry about me.
04:55Do what you have to do to save the Minnesota.
05:07Mr. Green! Look! She's turned away!
05:10She's quitting.
05:12She's giving up.
05:14Do you want to go after her, sir?
05:15No.
05:18Our orders are to protect the Minnesota.
05:20Take us back to her side.
05:22We saved that ship, Mr. Harmon.
05:24Yes, sir. We saved her.
05:26We saved her.
05:26You hear the Navy tell it, Mr. President.
05:50This peculiar little thing scored a great victory.
05:53But the Southern newspapers are celebrating a triumph of the Merrimack.
05:57She destroyed two of our largest ships.
05:59The Merrimack's mission was to destroy all the blockading ships in Hampton Roads.
06:04She was stopped at two, so she failed.
06:07The Monitor's mission was to protect the Minnesota, which she did.
06:10So she succeeded.
06:11I would call it a draw.
06:14Merrimack is successful just as a threat.
06:17That's what kept General McClellan from taking Richmond by water and ending the war.
06:21Mr. President, John Erickson wants to tell you something, and I think you'd better let him.
06:25Or he'll tell the newspaper.
06:27I already told newspapers.
06:29Tell them what?
06:29That I knew my ship had to fire 30-pound charges of powder.
06:33And I tested the cannon to make sure they could stand up.
06:37Those shots would have gone clear through the enemy.
06:39Now I find you desk sailors give strict orders no more than 15 pounds worth to be fired.
06:45What is possible excuse?
06:47The test wasn't convincing.
06:49We didn't want your guns blowing up as they did on the Princeton.
06:53I built my ship to win.
06:54You don't let her.
06:56Mr. Erickson, the day of the wooden ship is over.
06:59You have made history.
07:01That should be satisfaction enough for any man.
07:04Mr. President...
07:05But I can do something you may enjoy even more.
07:09What is that, sir?
07:10If you submit your bill, I'll see that it's promptly paid.
07:15The Merrimack never saw action again.
07:26Two months after the battle, the Confederacy abandoned Norfolk, leaving the ship without a base.
07:33To keep her from falling into Union hands, she was grounded and burned.
07:37The Monitor did not survive the year either.
07:41In December of 1862, she was ordered to join the Union attack on Wilmington, North Carolina.
07:49On December the 31st, in a storm off Cape Hatteras, the Monitor went down with a loss of 16 lives.
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