It was the first major battle of ironclad ships . The first time they used the steel for ships. second major battle in Va. Fought in the waters of Hampton Roads/Norfolk
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The Merrimac,
The monitor vs. Merrimack took place in 1862.
If the question asks only about the crews of the two ships, the Monitor had a crew of 59, and the Merrimack had 320, but the entire two-day Battle of Hampton Roads involved thousands more. The Merrimack was joined by five CSN gunboats, and there were five USN warships at Hampton Roads. [The Merrimack sank two of them before the Monitor arrived.]
1st battle btwn iron ships
From about 7,00AM to about 14,00PM of March 9, 1862.