December 31‚ 1862‚ the U.S.S. Monitor sank‚ in a storm off Cape Hatteras‚ North Carolina. Just nine months earlier‚ the ship had been part of a revolution in naval warfare when the ironclad dueled to a standstill with the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) off Hampton Roads‚ Virginia‚ in one of the most famous naval battles in American history—the first time two ironclads faced each other in a naval engagement. — I just heard that sci-fi novelist David Drake passed away. Drake was best known as the author of the 10-book Hammer’s Slammers series. He will be greatly missed. — Today’s feature … The post Preparedness Notes for Sunday — December 31‚ 2023 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.