The Ironclad Board was an advisory board, established by the Union, in which year, in response to the construction of the "CSS Virginia" by the Confederacy during the US Civil War,primary goal of the Ironclad Board was to develop more battle-worthy ("ironclad") ships, including the USS Monitor, an iron-hulled steamship?
Ironclad Board The Ironclad Board was an advisory board established by the Union in 1861 in response to the construction of the "CSS Virginia" by the Confederacy during the US Civil War. The primary goal of the Ironclad Board was to develop more battle-worthy ("ironclad") ships, leading to the construction a number of innovative designs, including the USS Monitor. The Board consisted of senior naval officers Commodore Hiram Paulding, Commodore Joseph Smith, Commander Charles Henry Davis and assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox.
USS Signal (1862) USS "Signal" (1862) — a small 190-ton steamship — was acquired during the second year of the American Civil War by the Union Navy and outfitted as a gunboat. She also served other types of duty, such as that of dispatch vessel and convoy escort.