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USS Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac, was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed during the American Civil War.
CSS Virginia (USS Merrimack) was the first ironclad built by the Confederate States Navy and took part in the historic 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads.
USS Merrimack, or variant spelling USS Merrimac, may be any one of several ships commissioned in the United States Navy and named after the Merrimack River.
The steam frigate USS Merrimack was launched in 1855 at Boston Nay Yard, Massachusetts. In April 1861, this now-decommissioned vessel was awaiting repairs at Gosport Navy Yard in Portsmouth,...
During the American Civil War, the USS Merrimack, a steam-powered frigate carrying forty guns, is salvaged after Union naval commanders attempted to scuttle it months earlier at Norfolk's Gosport Naval Yard. It would later be used to construct the CSS Virginia.
The CSS Virginia (also known as the Merrimack, but misspelled here as Merrimac), the Confederate navy's first ironclad ship, engages a suddenly obsolete wooden ship of the United States Navy at the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862.
It depicts a harbor scene at Realejo, a 19th century port on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, about 20 miles northwest of Leon. The large ship in the center is USS Merrimack, flagship of the Pacific Squadron. The original is a color print in a book held by the Navy Department Library.
The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, also known as the Battle of Hampton Roads, was a groundbreaking naval engagement during the American Civil War. It marked the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, signaling a significant transformation in naval warfare.
At mid-day on 8 March 1862, CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack, and persistently mid-identified by that name or as "Merrimac") steamed down the Elizabeth River from Norfolk and entered Hampton...
USS Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac, was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship CSS Virginia was constructed during the American Civil War. The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack)