USS Merrimack (as USS Merrimack before capture)
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USS Merrimack was a U.S. Navy steam frigate that later gained historic significance when converted by the Confederacy into the ironclad warship CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USS Merrimack | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy ship
ⓘ
screw frigate ⓘ steam frigate ⓘ |
| armament | broadside battery of naval guns ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Battle of Hampton Roads NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 38 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Boston Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedBy | Confederate States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capturedDuring | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Ships built in Boston, Massachusetts
ⓘ
Steam frigates of the United States Navy ⓘ United States Navy ships of the American Civil War (Union) ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1856-02-20 ⓘ |
| conflict | Paraguayan expedition (1858–1859) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conversionType | ironclad warship conversion ⓘ |
| convertedInto | CSS Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crewComplement | around 400 officers and men ⓘ |
| dateOfScuttling | 1861-04-20 ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1860-02-16 ⓘ |
| displacement | approximately 3,200 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 24 feet ⓘ |
| era | pre–American Civil War U.S. Navy ⓘ |
| event | scuttled and burned to prevent capture ⓘ |
| fate | burned and sunk, hull later raised by Confederacy ⓘ |
| historicSignificance | provided the base hull for one of the first ironclad warships in combat ⓘ |
| hullNumber | "USS Merrimack" (no formal hull number system at time) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launched | 1855-06-15 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 275 feet ⓘ |
| namesake | Merrimack River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalArchitecture | early screw-propelled frigate design ⓘ |
| notableFor | its hull being reused for the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| placeOfConstruction | Charlestown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDecommissioning | Norfolk Navy Yard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfScuttling | Gosport (Norfolk) Navy Yard, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
sail
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steam engine ⓘ |
| rigging | full-rigged ship ⓘ |
| role | flagship of the Pacific Squadron ⓘ |
| serviceBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| shipClass | Merrimack-class frigate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in ordinary at Norfolk Navy Yard at start of American Civil War ⓘ |
| subsequentName | CSS Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theaterOfOperations |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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