Technological advancements in iron armor, exploding ordinance and steam propulsion ensured that naval warfare, which had remained fairly consistent over the last 350 years, was about to change forever to combat the larger, more powerful Union Navy. Just 11 months into the American civil war, it was the world’s first battle between ironclad warships and forever changed naval history. Many of you know, the Battle of Hampton Roads which occurred from March 8th to March 9th in 1862. A virtual lecture about the confederate ironclad CSS Virginia with our special guest Dr. Were an official department of the Navy Museum administered by the Naval History and Heritage Command and we’re located in Norfolk Virginia. Yeah, my name is john Pentangelo, director of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. (US Navy Video by Max Lonzanida/Released). Anna Gibson Holloway, who presented “The Remains of the Celebrated Ironclad: Gosport and the Fate of CSS Virginia.” The presentation includes an introduction by Museum Director, John Pentangelo, followed by a historical presentation that coincides with the scuttling of the Confederate Navy’s CSS Virginia during the Civil War on just off the waters of Craney Island off Portsmouth, Virginia. A recording of a live virtual presentation by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum as they hosted Dr.
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