From the January 30, 2022 Retronewser site "First U.S. ironclad warship, the USS Monitor, launched during the American Civil War 160 years ago #On This Day (Jan 30, 1862)."
The design of the ship was distinguished by its revolving turret, which was designed by American inventor Theodore Timby. It was quickly duplicated and established the monitor class and type of armored warship built by the American Navy over the next several decades.
The remainder of the ship was designed by Swedish-born engineer and inventor John Ericsson, and built in only 101 days beginning in late 1861. (And a good thing it was built that quickly because as it was, the Monitor arrived just in time to save the Union fleet from the CSS Virginia in March 1862.)
The Monitor presented a new concept in ship design and employed a variety of new inventions and innovations in ship building that caught the attention of the world.
--Old B-Runner
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