Specifications:
Displacement 4,636 t.
Length 281'
Beam 52' 2"
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| USS Merrimack |
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194k | Illustration by J. M. Caiella of USS Merrimack at the time of her commissioning in 1856. The outboard profile depicts her painted in the standard color scheme of the time. Those mechanics employed in building the ship, a journalist from "Ballou's Pictorial" declared, "have good reason to be proud of their handiwork." | Tommy Trampp | |
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135k | Line engraving by Warren, after a drawing by John Andrew, published in a contemporary illustrated magazine. It depicts the launch of USS Merrimack (incorrectly spelled "Merrimac" on the print) at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 15 June 1855. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 86347-KN Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC. |
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99k | Drawing by G. G. Pook of USS Merrimack US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46247 from the collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1936. |
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84k | Wash drawing by Clary Ray, 1896 of USS Merrimack. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 57512 |
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127k | Halftone reproduction of a lithograph made in London on the occasion of the ship's visit to Southampton, England, in 1856. It was published in Frank M. Bennett's book "The Steam Navy of the United States". When photographed for that publication the original lithograph was owned by Charles Schroeder, of Portsmouth, Virginia, who was a Third Assistant Engineer on USS Merrimack in 1856.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 46250 |
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164k | "Port of Realejo -- 1859" Lithograph by Vincent Brooks after a drawing by Sir William G. Ouseley, published in Commander Bedford Pim, RN: "The Gate of the Pacific", London, 1863 (page 133). It depicts a harbor scene at Realejo, a 19th century port on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, about 20 miles northwest of Leon. The large ship in the center is USS Merrimack, flagship of the Pacific Squadron. The original is a color print in a book held by the Navy Department Library. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 116 |
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149k | "Merrimac' Destroyed at the Burning of the Norfolk Navy Yard, April 19, 1861." Halftone reproduction, copyrighted in 1906 by G.S. Richardson, depicting USS Merrimack aflame during the burning of the Norfolk Navy Yard, 20 April 1861.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58880 |
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115k | "Destruction of the United States Navy-Yard at Norfolk, Virginia, by Fire, by the United States Troops, on April 20, 1861" A line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861, providing two scenes of the burning of Norfolk Navy Yard and the destruction of ships located there. Ships shown in the lower scene (as identified below the print), from left to right:
USS United States (afire);
tug Yankee with
USS Cumberland (underway, leaving the area);
USS Merrimack (afire in left center distance);
USS Pawnee (underway, leaving the area), and
USS Pennsylvania (afire).
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 59179 |
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| CSS Virginia |
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79k | Wash drawing by Clary Ray, 1898 of CSS Virginia.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 57830 Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. |
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77k | Photograph of a 19th Century artwork of CSS Virginia.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 61676 |
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51k | Colored outboard profile plan of CSS Virginia, originally in the files of the Bureau of Construction and Repair. Its origin is unknown, but it may be of Civil War vintage. The original is plan # 81-12-2B in Record Group 19 at the U.S. National Archives.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 76386 |
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81k | Halftone reproduction of a line engraving of CSS Virginia originally published in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Volume I, page 695. It is based on a drawing by Lt. B.L. Blackford, made on 7 March 1862, the day before Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) engaged USS Cumberland and USS Congress.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 76386 |
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107k | Engraving depicting CSS Virginia in drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, after the installation of her armor, circa early 1862. She was then nearing completion after conversion from the hulk of USS Merrimack.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 314. Courtesy of Mrs. A.W. Hasker. |
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103k | Halftone of an artwork published in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor Engagement", Norfolk, Va., 1907. It depicts CSS Virginia in drydock at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa February 1862, while nearing completion after conversion from the hulk of USS Merrimack.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42222 |
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135k | Halftone reproduction of an artwork copyrighted by G.S. Richardson, 1906, depicting CSS Virginia drydocked at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa early 1862, while nearing completion after conversion from the hulk of USS Merrimack.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58712 |
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67k | Model by Alexander Lynch, 1939, of CSS Virginia on exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, California. Model's scale is 1/8" = 1'. Courtesy of Arthur Woodward, Director of History and Anthropology, Los Angeles Museum, September 1939.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 42223 |
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145k | "New York Tribune" newspaper article dated, Thursday, 18 March 1862 describing the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia | Tommy Trampp | |
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