Excerpt from Pennsylvania Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States: The Description of the Fight Between the Monitor and Merrimac on the 9th of March, 1862
The ram was of cast-iron, projecting four feet, and, as was found subsequently, was badly secured. The rudder and propeller were entirely unprotected. The pilot-house was forward of the smokestack and covered with the same thickness of iron as the sides.
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