With the first shot fired from the deck of the Monitor at the roof-like sides of the Merrimac, in the early morning of the day named, the long reign of wooden war vessels ended; that of iron monarchs of the deep began.

• 当天清晨，随着第一枚炮弹从“莫尼特”号甲板射向“梅里麦克”号房顶般的两侧，木制军舰的长期统治即宣告结束，铁制军舰开始了它们深入而持久的统治。