- Burned and sunk in dock, 20 April 1861
- Raised and converted into ironclad CSS Virginia
- 14 × 8-inch guns,
- 2 × 10-inch guns,
- 24 × 9-inch guns
- Nelson, James L. 2004. The Reign of Iron: The St
USS Merrimack (1855)
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USS Merrimack, also improperly Merrimac, was a steam frigate, best known as the hull upon
USS Merrimack; Engraving by L.H. Bradford & Co., after a drawing by G.G. Pook
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 United States
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| Name: | Merrimack |
| Ordered: | 6 April 1854 |
| Launched: | 15 June 1855 |
| Commissioned: | 20 February 1856 |
| Decommissioned: | 16 February 1860 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 3,200 |
| Length: | 275 ft (84 m) |
| Beam: | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
| Draft: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | sail, steam engine |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
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