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What was the Confederate ironclad ship called?
The Merrimack
The northern ironclad ship was called this?
The Confederate ship was called the Merrimack and the Union ship was called the Monitor.
What is the monitor in the civil war?
The Monitor was an ironclad ship created by the Union to battle against the Confederate ironclad called the Virginia (Merrimack).
What was the union ironclad that was built to compete with the confederate ironclad?
The Union Ironclad Ship that was built to compete with the Confederate Ironclad was called the U.S.S. Monitor and the Confederate Ironclad was called the Merrimack (more accurately, the CSS Virginia).
What was the south's ironclad ship renamed?
The first ironclad for the Confederacy was the CSS Virginia. It had been the USS Merrimack and previously been left for "dead" when Confederate troops assaulted the Union base at Norfolk, Virginia. The Union burned it lest it fall into Confederate hands. Southern engineers salvaged the hull of the Merrimack and rebuilt it with thick iron sides, and added her with canons on each side.
Union ship captured by the south?
The Union ship called the USS Merrimack was captured by the South. The ship had been burned by the Union forces, but the Confederate forces took it and rebuilt it into an ironclad ship. It was renamed as the CSS Virginia.
What was the significant about the battle between the Monitor and Merrimack?
the ships were both ironclad ships which was a ship made of wood then layered with iron
What was significant about the battle between the Merrimack and Monitor?
the ships were both ironclad ships which was a ship made of wood then layered with iron
What Union ship fought the Confederate Merrimack in 1862?
At the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, the USS Monitor fought the former Union ship, the Merrimack. The Confederates had raised the hull of the Merrimack at Norfolk and rebuilt it as an ironclad they named the CSS Virginia. The battle was a draw, however, the Monitor saved Union ships from more destruction as the Virginia was damaged and sailed back to Norfolk.
What was the name of the ironclads in the Confederate Navy?
merrimack monitor
What was the confederates ship called?
The Merrimack
What Confederate commander designed the new ironclad CSS Virginia from the wreckage of the USS Merrimack?
Confederate Commander Brooke is given credit for the design of the a new ironclad called the CSS Virginia from the wrecked USS Merrimack. He prepared sketches from an earlier designed ship by US Colonel John Stevens and made modifications he believed were necessary.
