The Merrimack, later the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor were the first ironclads in history to fight each other. Their commonality was the iron protective plates that cannon fire could not penetrate. The historic battle was at Hampton Roads on April 9, 1862.
The construction of the US Civil War's first ironclad was the Confederate CSS Virginia. Built in just below the water line, was a four foot cast iron prow that when rammed against a wooden Union warship would puncture the hull and sink it. In ancient navies the iron ramming rod was also built into the bow of warships.
At the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia engaged in the first battle of ironclads. Although a technical draw, the Virginia had to return to dock for repairs. Its earlier assaults on wooden Union warships would not be repeated.
Two months after the CSS Virginia battled the Union Monitor, the Confederates destroyed the Virginia as they retreated from Norfolk, Virginia
The USS Monitor was the first Union submarine (it was, in reality, only semi-submersible). The USS Merrimac(k) was salvaged by the Confederate Navy and plated with iron (iron clad) and commissioned as the CSS Virginia. The Monitor and the Virginia went at it in the Battle of Hampton Roads. This went down in history as the first battle between two ironclads.
The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was originally the USS Merrimac.
The CSS Virginia had two 2" plates backed up with two 4" layers of wood backed up with a 12" thickness of wood. So a total of 4 inches of iron and 20 inches of wood.
CSS Virginia was created on 1862-02-17.
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.
It was the first time iron ships fought against each other. Officially it was the USS Monitor against the CSS Virginia. The Virginia was made from the sunken hull of the USS Merrimack.
CSS Virginia II was created on 1864-05-18.
The Merrimack, later the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor were the first ironclads in history to fight each other. Their commonality was the iron protective plates that cannon fire could not penetrate. The historic battle was at Hampton Roads on April 9, 1862.
The CSS Virginia was converted into the ironclad ship from the hull of the U.S.S. Merrimack. The Virginia eventually fought the USS Monitor during the civil war.
Southern Naval Secretary Mallory assigned 1,500 to rebuild the USS Merrimack into the Civil War's first ironclad. The men worked seven days a week, and on night shifts. There were delays however, as the iron plates required for the ship were up to one month late in arriving to Norfolk, Virginia.
The USS Merimack was a US Navy ship that was burnt, sunk and captured by the Confederacy. It was then rebuilt as the Iron Clad CSS Virginia. The armoured Iron plate hull basically made the rest of the worlds naval vessels obselete. The Union responded by getting the USS Monitor designed and built, an Iron clad the nearly sat flush with the water with the exception of a gun turret. The CSS Virginia terrorised Union shipping for a period of time, sinking the wooden ships with ease. The two Iron Clads fought at the Battle of Hampton roads in Virginia, which was essentially a draw however warship design for both the rest of the Civil War and naval history in general was greatly changed.
The construction of the US Civil War's first ironclad was the Confederate CSS Virginia. Built in just below the water line, was a four foot cast iron prow that when rammed against a wooden Union warship would puncture the hull and sink it. In ancient navies the iron ramming rod was also built into the bow of warships.
They weren't. They were the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was built from the hull of the USS Merrimac, which was sunk and burned by the Union when they left the shipyard.