Were US Navy monitors seaworthy?

I’m going to assume this question is directed at the Monitor-type iron clad warships the US Navy produced during and immediately after the American Civil War. The short answer is that the Monitor type was marginally seaworthy in open waters. read more

This is a list of all monitors of the United States Navy. While the most famous name is represented in this list, many monitors held multiple names during their service life. View the complete list of names. The whole category of monitors took its name from the first of these, USS Monitor, designed in 1861 by John Ericsson. read more

Concept/Program: Largest of the "New Navy" monitors; nominally a "repair" of a Civil War monitor of the same name. Had an extremely protracted building period, and was quite obsolete by the time she was finally completed. read more