CSS Savannah - ironclad - ended on 1864-12-21.
CSS Savannah - ironclad - was created on 1863-06-30.
Confederate States Ship
The Css Virgina
There were a large number of ironclad ships manufactured by the Confederacy. Some to note were the CSS Jackson (original hull of the ship located in Columbus, GA at the National Civil War Naval Museum), the CSS Neuse (original hull of the ship located in Kinston, NC at the CSS Neuse State Historic Site), the CSS Georgia (located at the bottom of the Savannah River near Fort James Jackson), the CSS Atlanta (located in Savannah, GA), and the CSS Albemarle (NC).
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).
The southern ironclad was the CSS Virginia. It was built upon the partially destroyed hull of the former USS Merrimack.
It is the CSS Albemarle.
Yes, it was. It was the true name of the Confederate ironclad known as the Merrimac from the "Monitor and the Merrimac" battle. The Confederacy took a wooden ship formerly known as the Merrimac and put the iron armour on it. The ship was rechristened The CSS Virginia.
USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to draw in 1862 signaling the end of wooden naval ships.
The southern ironclad was the CSS Virginia. It was built upon the partially destroyed hull of the former USS Merrimack.
The naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack during the Civil War was significant because it marked the first clash between ironclad warships in history. The battle demonstrated the effectiveness of ironclad ships and revolutionized naval warfare, leading to the end of wooden warships.
Ironclad is a noun or used as an adjective and need not be capitalized. As example, the CSS Virginia was a ship that was an ironclad vessel.