[Music] we have steam up captains Thank You mr. Ramsey weigh anchor [Music] still am very good pilot a turn now let's see how close you can get us to her this morning hi captain 45 degrees what in God's name is that that is the test we face

that is the monitor [Music] said of course to close the monitor starburns 10 degrees [Music] gentlemen the Beast spawned by Satan to destroy the Union now we'll find out if John Erickson is a match for the devil mr. Harmon stand directly for Merrimack

I want to engage her as far from the Minnesota as possible yes sir 40 degrees [Music] my department Williams mr. Sims I'm turning to give you a barefoot broadside I sir [Music] captain from when I picked up a Gosport you could run rings around that monster it takes a minute Mac a half hour to make 180 degree turn thank you

steady as she goes William mahoto the sooner she's turn--oh the faster she can mr. Ramsey Ramsey what is the matter with this ship yesterday she was sluggish enough but today she steers like Noah's Ark well today sir she is leaking to the bowel all right mr. Simms if you can manage a shot with just your bow gun go ahead and take it I want to see what happens in the battery scabbard [Music] [Music]

can we live to cover on one of the gun courts mr. green not till we get the captain's order to commence firing it's bad enough so what do you why can't we even see out there Fudo could turn this to a cannon to our coughing Emily Oh mr. Keeler [Music] [Music] yeah yeah did the shot come through no sir it didn't come through but it made a big dam look at this mr. green the captain says to clear your ports and commence firing mr. Kela the speaking tubes not working

captain says you're red [Music] mr. Ramsey I have got to turn faster give me more power ah mr. Jones [Music] put your backs into it [Music] the helicopter landing the turret turns I can't see [Music] mr. Sam's osteon shop landed in the water captain have bad things underwater there's nothing to shoot at

[Music] sighs good shot mr. green he saw her sunny from her side captain I see just circling her to the west she drew us 22 feet there's not that much Lauder there Thank You mr. Harmon come hard starboard turn to port 30 degrees captain Lee gets shallow there have to land him a guns cap we could turn the other way take forever William steady as she goes [Music] look there she's a ground sir

sir the Iron Dome on the Merrimack only goes three feet below the waterline the wooden holes pretty near exposed mr. Simms why'd you fire and after that tin can is at an angle well we can't bring a single gun to bear mr. Greene cameras aim for the waterline [Music] mr. Ramsay you have got to get off is my back the engines are full astern ready for speed prep their we're shuttling all the coals offenses will taste well then

throw in whatever burns faster and hottest echo mr. Ramsay we have got to risk it aye sir yet only conflation throw on the file board on the fire damnation his risky ones fool on turpentine [Music] [Music] mr. green says the turd machinery is rusty from yesterday's seawater it's hard for him to tell him I'll bring him in closest to fire both lungs as rapidly

as possible mr. Ramsey ball pressure we are and the safety valve open tight closed Ramsey tie the valve closed [Music] come on pull off [Music] [Music] come on please mr. Sam dad buy your guns

mr. Siddons I'm trying to give you a pawn feed broadside [Music] [Music] [Music] mr. Ramsey we don't seem to be making much of an impression what if we ramp right start making more in the bow couldn't the pops handle it I don't know sir mr. chair [Music] [Music]

working with the starboard she's turning straight for us mr. caylor tell mr. green they're going to ram us wait for the last second and then give them both gun [Music] [Music] [Music] no shot might work better for us steer directly for you could have RAM the Merrimack sir not the monster just its tail if we can hit the rudder she'll be

helpless steady as she goes she's making for our story she's coming right under your gun stand by [Music] sir sir mr. Killa go tell mr. green quartermaster come north to North out of witnesses shadow water captain let's get you down to your cabin sir we just missed it she's turning away pilot where's she

headed for shallow water captain well we can't follow well then she's quitting giving up the fight looks that way well alright let's finish what we came here to do in the first place pilot put us on a course for the Minnesota we can't get near the Minnesota captain not unless you want to run a ground again the tides run that real fast Cameron you don't have back a sewells Point right now you're not gonna get over that bar

tonight mr. Ramsey what are our chances should be ground again we could split open at the bow we have no smokes tag left no draft for the furnaces no prop a head of steam to keep the pumps working at top speed then should also be considered that these brave men are exhausted very well we will head back to gospel or for repairs she's your chef mr. grey don't worry

about me do what you have to do to save the Minnesota mr. green look she's turned away she's quitting she's giving up do you want to go after her sir no our orders are to protect the Minnesota take us back to her side we saved that ship mr. Harmon yes sir we saved her

so I guess it was all worth it [Music] [Applause] the Merrimack never saw action again two months after the battle the Confederacy abandoned Norfolk leaving the ship without a base to keep her from falling into Union hands she was grounded and burned the monitor did not survive the year either in December of 1862 she was

ordered to join the Union attack on Wilmington North Carolina on December the 31st in a storm off Cape Hatteras the monitor went down with a loss of 16 lives