Product Highlights
The Monitor and Merrimack Civil War Kit Set by Atlantis Models (L77257) is a plastic diorama set depicting the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (built on the hull of the USS Merrimack), which fought the first battle between ironclad ships on March 9, 1862.
Features
- Monitor measures 8.25" long; Merrimack measures 14" long
- Includes a vacu-formed seascape display base and individual stands for displaying the ships together or separately
- Updated decals and a historical booklet
- Molded in light gray
About the Battle of Hampton Roads
Fought off the coast of Virginia, the Battle of Hampton Roads pitted the Union's Monitor against the Confederacy's Merrimack-hulled ironclad, a clash that rendered wooden warships obsolete and changed naval warfare permanently.
