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April 2012 I Volume 26 I Number 2

U.S. Naval Institute I www.usni.org

Our 25th Year!

18 The Last Union Survivor

Edited by Robert M. Browning Jr.

A combatant in history’s first clash of ironclads lived

until 1921. His firsthand account of the 1862 Monitor -

Virginia duel has never been published—until now.

26 Proving the Power of Iron over Wood

By John V. Quarstein

When the CSS Virginia steamed forth on 8 March 1862,

she sounded the death knell not just for the Cumberland

and Congress , but for the Age of Fighting Sail.

34 And the Winner Was . . .

By Francis J. DuCoin

One was sidelined, the other was thwarted, neither

delivered a knockout blow; the debate rages eternal

over whether the Monitor or Virginia was the victor of

their epic showdown.

DEPARTMENTS

4 On Our Scope

6 Looking Back

8 In Contact

10 Naval History News

38 Continuing the Monitor Story

By Anna Gibson Holloway

The “cheesebox on a raft” forever changed naval

history. Now, visitors can relive her story at the USS

Monitor Center in Newport News, Virginia.

Historic Aircraft

Historic Fleets

Book Reviews

Museum Report

42 When the Well Runs Dry

By Thomas C. Hone

The threat of budget cuts is nothing new to the U.S.

Navy, as Admiral Forrest P. Sherman and the other

officers who battled for the survival of the post–World

War II force could attest.

48 A Titanic Centennial

By John Protasio

On an April night a century ago, the largest ship in the

world met her watery fate. The memory of the great

disaster still resonates in the public’s consciousness.

COVER: One hundred-fifty years ago, the

ironclads Monitor and Virginia heralded

a new age of naval warfare with their

9 March 1862 battle in Hampton Roads,

Virginia. (Courtesy of the Mariners’

Museum, Newport News, Virginia)

56 The Navy’s ‘Screwballs’

By Daniel J. Demers

Sure, they might have risked triggering an international

incident, but these sailors on a weekend pass in

1941 weren’t about to let a Nazi German flag fly with

impunity above the streets of San Francisco.

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58 The Last Voyage of Andrew Sterett

By Terrence S. McCormack

He was a rising star of the early U.S. Navy, but Andrew

Sterett resigned over a matter of honor, became a

civilian skipper, and came to a tragic end.

NAVAL HISTORY r APRIL 2012

Contributors

Robert M. Browning Jr . is the

chief historian for the U.S. Coast

Guard and the author of four books

and nearly 50 articles relating to

the Coast Guard and U.S. naval

and maritime history. He currently

is finishing a manuscript on the

Union Navy’s West Gulf Blockading

Squadron, made famous by David

Glasgow Farragut’s exploits.

Daniel J. Demers is a semi-retired

businessman whose hobby is

researching and writing about 19th-

and 20th-century historical events

and personalities. He holds a degree

in history from George Washington

University, and he and his wife live in

Guerneville, California.

Francis J. DuCoin volunteers at

the USS Monitor Center, frequently

lectures on Civil War naval

history, and contributed a chapter

to Craig Symonds’ book Union

Combined Operations in the Civil

War (Fordham University Press,

2010). He has a master’s degree in

biomedical engineering, a doctorate

in dental medicine, and a busy

dental practice in Stuart, Florida.

Anna Gibson Holloway is the vice

president of Collections & Programs

at the Mariners’ Museum, where she

also serves as curator of the USS

Monitor Center. The Winston-Salem,

North Carolina, native recently earned

her Ph.D. in history from the College

of William and Mary. In the past, she

has been a musician, a square-rig

sailor, and an understudy fire-eater.

Thomas C. Hone is a a recently

retired member of the faculty of

the Naval War College and a former

senior executive in the Office of the

Secretary of Defense. He and his

son Trent are the authors of Battle

Line: The United States Navy 1919–

1939 (Naval Institute Press, 2006).

John Protasio is the author of

several books, including the Titanic -

themed novel On a Cold April Night

(PublishAmerica, 2007) and The Day

the World Was Shocked (Casemate,

2011), a nonfiction treatment of the

sinking of the Lusitania . A native of

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he holds a

master’s degree in history.

Terrence S. McCormack , a native

of Baltimore, Maryland, wrote

background material about Andrew

Sterett (another Baltimore native)

for the official booklet published in

conjunction with the christening

of the USS Sterett (DDG-104) in

2007. He is currently preparing a

full-length biography of Sterett.

John V. Quarstein is the historian

for the city of Hampton, Virginia, and

worked for 30 years as the director of

the Virginia War Museum. His many

books include The Monitor Boys: The

Crew of the Union’s First Ironclad

(2011); Big Bethel: The First Battle

(2011); and A History of Ironclads: The

Power of Iron Over Wood (2006), all

published by History Press.

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