Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An tilasta wa 'yan Confederates su yi watsi da lalata "Virginia" yayin da suka janye a farkon watan Mayu na 1862 daga Norfolk da tashar jiragen ruwa na jirgin ruwa, yayin da "Monitor" ya tashi zuwa Kogin James don tallafawa Sojojin Union a lokacin Yaƙin Peninsula karkashin Janar-in-Chief George B. McClellan. Jirgin ya shiga cikin yakin Drewry's Bluff
daga baya wannan watan, kuma ya kasance a cikin yankin yana ba da goyon baya ga sojojin Janar McClellan a kan ƙasa har sai an umurce shi da ya shiga rundunar jiragen ruwa na Union a Arewacin Carolina a watan Disamba. A kan hanyarsa zuwa can, ya kafa yayin da yake karkashin tow a lokacin hadari a Cape Hatteras a ranar karshe ta shekara. An gano jirgin ruwa na "Monitor" a 1973 kuma an sami ceto a wani ɓangare. An nuna bindigoginta, da hasumiyar bindigoginta, da injin, da sauran kayan tarihi a Gidan Tarihi na Mariners a Newport News, Virginia, 'yan mil daga wurin da ta fi muhimmanci a aikin soja.