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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 ...
On 9 December 1897 John N Robbins & co acquired Solveig, renamed her Merrimac, and registered her in New York. Ownership then passed to a Jefferson T Hogan, who on 12 April 1898 sold Merrimac to the United States Navy. [3] The ship was commissioned as USS Merrimac under the command of Cmdr JW Miller, fitted out at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a ...
The re-modeled ship's offense, in addition to the ram, consisted of 10 guns: six 9 in (230 mm) smooth-bore Dahlgrens, two 6.4 in (160 mm) and two 7 in (180 mm) Brooke rifles. [28] Trials showed that these rifles firing solid shot would pierce up to eight inches of armor plating.
Ironclads is a 1991 made-for-television movie produced by Ted Turner's TNT company about the events behind the creation of CSS Virginia from the remains of USS Merrimack and the battle between Virginia and USS Monitor in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862 – March 9, 1862.
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.
"Deadliest Catch," Discovery Channel's crab fishing reality show now in its tenth season, has given viewers a glimpse into a world that can make you rich ... or put you in great peril. On Tuesday ...
Collided in dense fog with sister ship Uko Maru in the Seto Inland Sea and sank with the loss of 166 passengers and two crew members. 166 1990 Denmark: Scandinavian Star – caught fire en route between Norway and Denmark, killing 159 people. 159 1981 Brazil: Novo Amapá - On January 6, the ferry left Santana, Amapá with 600 passengers.
In another unusual incident, on Oct. 10, 1890, the steamer Northern Light departed the port of Buffalo at full speed and broke every line on the Muir and the W.H. Rounds while they were docked in ...