The first battle that this ship was engaged in successfully prevented the sinking of the stranded USS Minnesota.  
The first battle that this ship was engaged in successfully prevented the sinking of the stranded USS Minnesota.  Lieutenant John Worden commanded this ship that had sailed straight from Brooklyn, but when he was partially blinded during that first battle, Samuel Green assumed command. This ship was not designed by Cornelius Bushnell, but it was Bushnell who convinced this ship's designer, John Ericcson, to submit the design to the selection board set up by Navy Secretary Gideon Welles. It was equipped with the first gun turret capable of rotating 360 degrees, and its most famous opponent was actually named the CSS Virginia at the time of that battle, Hampton Roads. Name this ship that failed to sink the ironclad formerly called the USS Merrimack.
The first battle that this ship was engaged in successfully prevented the sinking of the stranded USS Minnesota.  
USS Monitor