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The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (known to history by it's former name "Merrimack") fought the first naval duel between ironclad warships on 9 March 1862 at Hampton Roads. (Hampton Roads is the name to given to the large harbor at the mouth of the James River where that river enters Chesapeake Bay and is the site of today's Norfolk Naval Station.)
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Why was the battle of Hampton roads significant?
This battle, fought March 9, 1862, was the first time ironclad ships fought each other and started a new era of naval warfare.
Where was the first battle between ironclad ships in the civil war fought?
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
What are facts about the battle of merrimack and monitor?
It was the first major battle of ironclad ships . The first time they used the steel for ships. second major battle in Va. Fought in the waters of Hampton Roads/Norfolk
What were the monitor and merrimack?
These two Ironclad ships were brought into history at the first Battle of Bull Run (first battle of the Civil War), these two ships were unstoppable back then and it was hard to beat the other.
What is the significance of the battle between the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia?
It was the first time in naval history that ironclad ships faced each other.
