Keywords: monochrome blackandwhite black and white Previously, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles called for designers to submit plans for ironclad warships to the Navy Department on 3 August 1861. The design eventually chosen was for USS Monitor, designed by the inventor John Ericsson. She was a revolutionary armored ship, carrying her guns in a rotating turret. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, 7 March 1861-3 March 1869. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 54628. Previously, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles called for designers to submit plans for ironclad warships to the Navy Department on 3 August 1861. The design eventually chosen was for USS Monitor, designed by the inventor John Ericsson. She was a revolutionary armored ship, carrying her guns in a rotating turret. Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, 7 March 1861-3 March 1869. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 54628. |