"When the breeze is piping free and the tide is running strong none but a master-seaman may be trusted to haul out of the Liverpool docks a great Atlantic liner."
~ Lieutenant J. D. Jerrold Kelley U. S. Navy - 1891

Battle of Mobile Bay - 2018

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Mobile-Bay

USS Monitor Blueprint

https://monitor.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/uss_monitor.html

Ironclad development used many building techniques that had only recently been developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Ironclad development spurred factory-based manufacturing on in its journey to break barriers in history. 

USS Gettysburg - 2017

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-m/uss-monitor-ironclad.html.

USS Monitor - 2014

https://www.marinersmuseum.org/event/civil-war-lecterate-ironclad/

Ironclads were developed out of the need for a stronger ship that could hold up against new naval technology and tactics. During the Civil War, when ironclads were used to a great extent, they were manufactured using new technologies. Ironclads were considered superior to wooden ships at the time because they had better armor, artillery, and propulsion that broke barriers.

Ironclad Ship - 2014

https://www.monitorcenter.org/later-ironclads/

Battle of Hampton Roads - 2017

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/hampton-roads

Two of the most monumental ironclads were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. These two broke barriers in history in many ways. First of all, the vessels were built very quickly and broke records in shipbuilding times. The Union constructed the Monitor in only 101 days. At the time, it was perceived that this was impossible, yet, with the revolutionary manufacturing processes that the Union used, it was done. Second, the Monitor used the first-ever revolving turret. Instead of guns on the sides, like all other contemporary ships, the Monitor had two guns in a revolutionary revolving gun turret. The Virginia broke records too. It was the first ship to transform a wooden ship into an ironclad. They took a wooden ship's hull and only used iron above the waterline. This method used less iron which was vital for the resource-strapped South.

Ironclad Influence