Français : Le Monitor Americain Le Nauset, construit a Boston en 1862.
Le type monitor , ainsi appele d'apres le nom du premier bâtiment de ce genre, a été créé pendant la guerre de Secession, qui mit aux prises les Etats du Nord et ceux du Sud. Apres avoir joui d'un engouement passager, ce type a disparu complètement. (Modele du Musee de Marine.)
English: The American Monitor, the Nauset, built in Boston in 1862.
The type monitor, so called after the name of the first building of its kind, was created during the American Civil War, which pitted the states of the North against those of the South. After having enjoyed a passing infatuation, this type disappeared completely. (Model of the Marine Museum.)
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