The union ironclad warship USS Monitor and the ironclad Merrimack, renamed the CSS Virginia fought an inconclusive duel in Hampton Roads in 1862. They never met again. It was the first battle between two armoured ships and sent shockwaves round the world.
The Monitor and the Virginia (also known as the Merrimack.)
In Hampton Roads, Viginia, USA in 1862. The Merrimac had by this time been rebuilt and renamed the CSS Virginia
The USS Monitor and the USS Merrimac were both vessels in the US Navy. They did not fight. The Merrimac was sunk at the beginning of the war. The Confederate Navy took the remains of the Merrimac and used it to create the Ironclad CSS Virginia. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia fought a battle near Hampton Roads Virginia.
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.)
In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Hampton Roads,Virginia.
The Battle of Hampton Roads was fought over the two day period spanning March 8-9, 1862 in Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads is basically a ship dock in Virginia where the James River meets the Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers right outside Chesapeake Bay. It was the first time in naval warfare that two ironclads met in battle. As an aside the sinking of Union ships at Hampton Roads by the CSS Virginia caused a delay in the Union's Peninsula campaign.
Hampton Roads, Virginia, just off the coast. it was a naval battle, so... wet?
Off of Sewell's Point at Hampton Roads, Virginia. It is at the mouth of the James River.
The Monitor and the Virginia (also known as the Merrimack.)
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The Battle of Hampton Roads, off the coast of Virginia occurred March 8-9, 1862. On the morning of the 9th, the USS Monitor met the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) in the first duel of ironclads, and fought to an inconclusive result.
The battle of Monitor vs. Merrimack (renamed the CSS Virginia) was fought on the 8th and 9th of March in the year 1862 in Hampton Roads, Virginia The Monitor did not arrive in time for the first day of the battle.
The address of the United Service Organization Of Hampton Roads is: , Hampton, VA 23666
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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The battle of the ironclads(Virginia vs. Monitor) took place off of Hampton Roads,Va. on March 8th and 9th 1862.March 8th was the Virginia attacking several Union ships in the area,then on the 9th the Monitor showed up and the two ironclads fought each other.The battle was a draw.
On March 8th to March 9th, the ironclad CSS Virginia began to destroy Union ships at Hampton Roads. The wooden Union warships were assisting in the Union's Peninsula campaign. The CSS Virginia did considerable damage to Union warships. On the 9th, the Union ironclad, the USS Monitor enters Hampton Roads and engages the CSS Virginia. Each ship absorbs damage and the battle never begins the next day. The naval battle is considered a draw. It was the first time in history that two ironclads fought each other.