While looking up the USS Fort Fisher, I came across a site which had pictures and thumbnail sketches on 25 Union ships that participated in the attacks on Fort Fisher. Even more interesting to me was the part about what eventually happened to the ships.
Of the five ironclads at Fort Fisher, these are the the postwar dispositions:
USS New Ironsides-- destroyed by fire in 1866.
USS Monadnock-- completely rebuilt into a new warship in 1874.
USS Canonicus-- last monitor, scrapped in 1908.
USS Saugus-- sold 1891.
USS Mahopac-- sold 1902.
www.civilwaralbum.com/miscq/fort_fisher_ships.htm.
Well Worth a Look. --RoadDog
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
