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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.
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack, naval engagement during the American Civil War on March 9, 1862, at Hampton Roads, Virginia, a harbor at the mouth of the James River, notable as history’s first duel between ironclad warships and the beginning of a new era of naval warfare.
The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (rebuilt and renamed as the CSS Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.
9 lis 2009 · Learn about the first naval battle between ironclad warships in the Civil War, fought by the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia in March 1862. Find out how the Merrimack became the Virginia, how the Monitor was designed and what happened to both ships.
Kids learn about the Battle of the Ironclads: Monitor and Merrimack during the Civil War including the commanders, dates, before the fight, results, and facts.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, both the Union and Confederacy began experimenting with ironclad warships. As the Confederacy began converting the captured USS Merrimac into the ironclad CSS Virginia , Ericsson began working on the Union's answer.
Learn how the Confederate ironclad Merrimack challenged the Union's naval blockade and fought the Monitor in the first battle of ironclads in 1862. Find out how the Merrimack was scuttled and rebuilt as the Virginia, and how the Monitor changed naval warfare.
