IRON THUNDER

There was a boy named Tom Carroll his dad was killed between war of the united states.tom lives in Brooklyn.Tom needed money to support his family he manages to find work at busting iron workers .Tom's job was to help a ship but the ship they were building the strangest ship that tom has never seen it was made out of iron.Toms boss was Captian Erickson they heared that the rebs are building a sea monster called the "Merrimack". Tom fears that the ship will drown with him and every body in the ship they called the ship the "monitor" the workers called it the "iron coffin".when tom left from work ,he met a guy named Quinn.Tom know that Quinn was a spy from the rebs.Quinn gave tom a lot of stuff most likely bribed him of telling him about he "moniter".Later on tom turned him in.The ship was about 70 long and 40 or so feet deep tom got really scared that if he rides it,it will sink because the ship weighed 144 tons plush the cannons.when they tested her it actually floated.Tom knew that if he goes he might not make it back so after work he gave every body a hug like if he is going to die.when it was time to set off he had a flash back when they saw the "Merrimack" they were really astonished it was huge and filled with weapons the "monitor" was hit badly the monitor tried to protect the navy from the attack the "monitor" was sinking also was the Merrimack.about 200 people died tom lived to tell his story.