Asked by Makayla

Why were the Monitor and the Virginia so hard to sink when they fought each other

Crews had a new technology that patched holes quickly and prevent sinking.
The weather was so bad that the ships could not see each other to fight.
Their hulls were covered in thick sheets of iron.
They were too fast to be hit by the enemy.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Their hulls were covered in thick sheets of iron. The Monitor and the Virginia were ironclad warships; their iron armor resisted cannon fire and made them difficult to sink.