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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
She retreated into the safety of Confederate-controlled waters off Sewell's Point for the night, [58] but had killed 250 enemy sailors and had lost two. The Union had lost two ships and three were aground. [59] The United States Navy's greatest defeat (and would remain so until World War II) caused panic in Washington.
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 ...
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.
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1982 Ship State Description Calista Sea United States After beginning to take on water near Alaska's Shumagin Islands, the 108-foot (32.9 m) crab-fishing vessel sank while under tow to Kupreanof Harbor) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula by the vessel Polar Shell ( United
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.