The Merrimac,
The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimac were both vessels in the US Navy. They did not fight. The Merrimac was sunk at the beginning of the war. The Confederate Navy took the remains of the Merrimac and used it to create the Ironclad CSS Virginia. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought a battle near Hampton Roads Virginia.
March 9 1862
In Hampton Roads, Viginia, USA in 1862. The Merrimac had by this time been rebuilt and renamed the CSS Virginia
The Merrimac(the south's ship) and the Monitor(the North's ship)
Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel was created in 1992.
The fight between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (which you have called the Merrimac) was a draw (a tie).
The address of the Monitor Merrimac Memorial is: 218 Florida Ave, Portsmouth, VA 23707-1617
Lincoln won
The Merrimac,
The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimac were both vessels in the US Navy. They did not fight. The Merrimac was sunk at the beginning of the war. The Confederate Navy took the remains of the Merrimac and used it to create the Ironclad CSS Virginia. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought a battle near Hampton Roads Virginia.
They are the first ironclad, steam powered, warships. They made wooden sailing vessels obsolete.
monitor and merrimac were in a draw
It was a draw.
Lt. John L. Worden commanded the Monitor for the Union and the Merrimac (which had been renamed the Virginia by the time of Hampton Roads) was led by Franklin Buchanan, however the Merrimac (pre-ironclad and Civil War) was led by Capt. Garrett J. Pendergast.
Catesby Jones
1862