The CSS Virginia (an ironclad built from USS Merrimac) was destroyed by her own crew when she got stuck on the bottom of a river on May 10, 1862, just two months after her historic battle with the USS Monitor. The crew set fire to the iornclad to avoid her being captured by the Union army that took Norfolk. She blew up when the fire reached her powder magazine. The CSS Virginia was not even a year old.
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The southern ironclad was the CSS Virginia. It was built upon the partially destroyed hull of the former USS Merrimack.
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.
The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was originally the USS Merrimac.
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.
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.