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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.
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JudyCSA ironclad Virginia attempted to defeat US fleet which was blockading Hampton Roads on March 8, 1862 succeeding in sinking the USNS Cumberland, forcing the USNS Congress to surrender and scattering others Union ships.
In the evening Virginia retired, planning to resume the attack the following day.
But during the night the US ironclad Monitor joined undetected the remains of the fleet, so when Virginia set out on the 8th it was engaged in a close combat with the Monitor. The fight remain undecided but Virginia didn't dare to set out to fight again and was destroyed by the Confederates when, on May 9th a Federal land attack forced them to evacuate Norfolk.
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Who won between the battle of the Merrimack and the Monitor?
The Merrimac,
The monitor defeated the merrimac at Hampton roads in the wars first naval battle?
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.
What date did the battle of monitor vs the merrimac?
March 9 1862
Where did the monitor fight the merrimac?
In Hampton Roads, Viginia, USA in 1862. The Merrimac had by this time been rebuilt and renamed the CSS Virginia
What were the to ironclad ships in the civil war?
The Merrimac(the south's ship) and the Monitor(the North's ship)
