The first American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship" id="mwfQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ironclad warship">ironclad warship</a>, the <a about="#mwt62" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"USS","href":"./Template:USS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Monitor"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor" id="mwfg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Monitor" typeof="mw:Transclusion">USS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Monitor</i></a> is launched.<sup about="#mwt66" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_30#cite_note-11" id="mwfw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwgA">[11]</span></a></sup>
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