December 31, 1862 was the date that it sank.
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Yes. That's why it was called 'USS'. Ships of the Confederate Navy were 'CSS'.
The USS Monitor was the first Union ironclad warship.
16 of the 62 crew were lost
This ship was the USS Monitor. She became famous after duelling inconclusively with the Merrimack, or CSS Virginia, on March 9th 1863 off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
The Spanish American war, the newspapers accused Spain for sinking the Maine, when acctually something happened in the boiler room, that's what made it sink.