Word: ericcson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...secret weapon by a secret weapon was the celebrated battle of the ironclads in the U.S. Civil War. Less than 24 hours after the South's armored Merrimac had attacked the North's wooden fleet at Hampton Roads, the Yankee Monitor, an armored "cheesebox" invented by John Ericcson, hove into cannon range. They slugged each other to a standoff...
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