The Greenpoint Monitor Museum "Road Show" St. Anthony of Padua School June 7, 2006

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John Ericsson invented the USS Monitor. It was built in Greenpoint. It is made of iron. It has no sails. It is not built deep into the water. It has a rotating turret with guns that can shoot in any direction. The USS Monitor stopped the CSS Virginia from destroying the US Naval fleet.

John Ericsson invented the USS Monitor. It was built in Greenpoint. It is made of iron. It has no sails. It is not built deep into the water. It has a rotating turret with guns that can shoot in any direction. The USS Monitor stopped the CSS Virginia from destroying the US Naval fleet.

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