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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. The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as "the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack ") in the first engagement between ironclad ...
USS Merrimac, sometimes incorrectly spelt Merrimack, was a cargo steamship that was built in 1894 in England as Solveig for Norwegian owners, and renamed Merrimac when a US shipowner acquired her in 1897. In 1898 Merrimac was commissioned into the United States Navy as a collier for the Spanish–American War.
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1943 Ship State Description USS Borie United States Navy World War II: The Clemson-class destroyer received severe battle damage, sustained whilst depth charging and ramming U-405 ( Kriegsmarine), which resulted in a surface battle with small arms, she receiving extensive hull damage that necessitated her scuttling. 30 of her 122 crew were killed
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.
A Union stern-wheel tinclad minesweeper and gunboat sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) in Mobile Bay. USS Tecumseh United States Navy: 5 August 1864 A Union monitor warship sunk by a naval mine (called a "torpedo" at the time) during the Battle of Mobile Bay. [1
Sinking of the Petrel: July 28, 1861 July 28, 1861 One of the last naval battles in history involving a privateer ship Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries: August 28, 1861 August 29, 1861 The first battle of the war involving both the Union Army and Navy. Battle of Cockle Creek: October 5, 1861 October 5, 1861 Battle of the Head of Passes ...
Name Hull number Ship class Location Date Cause Arizona: BB-39 Pennsylvania class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Sunk by bombers from aircraft carrier Hiryū: Oklahoma: BB-37 : Nevada class: Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941: Capsized by torpedo bombers from aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga and raised in 1943 but not repaired. Sank 17 May 1947 in a storm while being towed to San Francisco for ...
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1980 Ship State Description Tom and Al United States During a voyage from Kodiak to Homer, Alaska, with a cargo of shrimp and a crew of two, the 96-gross register ton, 84-foot (25.6 m) motor vessel sank with no loss of life 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) off the Barren Islands and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Shuyak Island.