[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 27 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E392]
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                   IN HONOR OF THE U.S.S. ``MONITOR''

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 5, 1997

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the 
attention of my colleagues the valuable contributions of the U.S.S. 
Monitor during the Civil War and the wonderful success that the 
Greenpoint Monitor Museum has been in preserving its memory.
  Built in the shipyards of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the U.S.S. Monitor 
left the New York Harbor on March 6, 1862, to ward off its attacks and 
to destroy the C.S.S. Virginia. On March 9, for 4 hours this vessel 
fought her dreaded adversary to a standstill, in a battle which 
revolutionized naval warfare while protecting the Union blockade of the 
southern coast from its most serious challenge.
  On Saturday, March 8, the people of Greenpoint will gather to 
celebrate the 135th anniversary of the departure out of the New York 
Harbor of the U.S.S. Monitor on its way to defeat the C.S.S. Virginia. 
They will follow the route of the U.S.S. Monitor from Greenpoint where 
she was built and launched, passed the Navy yard where she was fitted 
with her armaments, and finally up to Fort Hamilton where she departed 
the New York Harbor.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in paying tribute to 
the Greenpoint Monitor Museum which made this first annual celebration 
possible and the history of the U.S.S. Monitor available to everyone.

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