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''Ironclads'' is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of the CSS ''Virginia'' from the remains of the USS ''Merrimack'' and the battle between the ''Virginia'' and the USS ''Monitor'' in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862 – March 9, 1862. Noel Taylor received an Emmy Award nomination for his costume designs for the production. == Plot == Harmon is awaiting a court martial when he is brought to Commodore Joseph Smith (E.G. Marshall) and his son Lt. Joseph B. Smith, Jr. (Kevin O'Rourke). The ''Virginia'' sails off to break the Union blockade at Hampton Roads. Betty is promptly arrested by Lt. Guilford (Philip Casnoff) on suspicion of espionage. The Virginia first approaches the USS ''Congress'' as Lt. Smith rallies his men on board to "do their duty"; Captain Franklin Buchanan (Leon B. Stevens) of the ''Virginia'' rallies his men, similarly. ''Congress'' fires a full broadside into ''Virginia'' to no effect. The USS ''Monitor'' sails in between the burning ''Congress'' and the ''Virginia'' to protect the USS ''Minnesota'', which has run aground and is defenseless until high tide returns the next day. Only the low tide has prevented ''Virginia'' from finishing off the ''Minnesota''. Captain Van Brunt (Joel Abel)〔(Civil War Navy Dispatches )〕 offered instructions and Leslie Harmon to Captain John Worden (Andy Park) of the ''Monitor''. Worden makes Harmon, familiar with Hampton Roads and the CSS ''Virginia'', midshipman on the spot. The morning of battle, Catesby Jones introduces his crew to the ''Monitor'' between them and the ''Minnesota''. Worden does his best to engage ''Virginia'' as far from the ''Minnesota'' as he can. ''Virginia'' Both sides claimed victory, but the ''Monitor'' denied Confederate access to the ocean. John Ericsson (Fritz Weaver) has an argument with Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles (Conrad McLaren) over the use of insufficient powder in ''Monitor'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ironclads (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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