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	merrimac
		During the attack, the vessel was exposed to gunfire from the batteries surrounding the channel entrance, mines in the channel, and the guns and torpedoes of the Spanish vessels REINA MERCEDES and PLUTON.
		The MERRIMAC was a collier which was purchased by the Navy on April 12, 1898 for $342,000 from the Hogan Line.
		Hobson, Richmond Pearson, The Sinking of the Merrimac.
	www.spanamwar.com /merrimac.htm (1652 words)

	BATTLE OF HAMPTON ROADS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Battle of Hampton Roads, often called "'''the Battle of the ''Monitor'' and the ''Merrimac'''''", was a naval_battle of the American_Civil_War, famous for being the first fight between two powered iron-covered warships, or "ironclads", the CSS ''Virginia'' and the USS ''Monitor''.
		The Union Navy burned the USS ''Merrimack'' during the evacuation of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia in 1861, she was rebuilt at the Gosport_Shipyard at Portsmouth, in the first dry_dock in America, with ironclad plating and a reduced superstructure from her old burned out hull, and was commissioned as CSS ''Virginia'' on February_17, 1862.
		USS ''Monitor'' became the prototype for the monitor_warship_type.
	www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Battle_of_Hampton_Roads (2575 words)

	USS Merrimac NCC 1863-D
		The USS Merrimac, NCC 1863-D, is a Nebula Class Cruiser.
		The Merrimac was commissioned at the Cochrane shipyards at Alpha Centauri in 2368 as a replacement for the Merrimac C. It was decided to build her as Nebula Class, as opposed to a Galaxy class, due to the greater versatility offered by the interchangeable equipment pods on Nebula class cruisers.
		The Merrimac has already distinguished herself during rescue mission to Gilad-Indii, by defending the New Rogers colony from Orion Pirate raids, and by decimating a Klingon surprise attack force that destroyed the USS Ventura and killed most of her crew.
	www.angelfire.com /nc/USSMerrimac (289 words)

	United States Navy
		USS Thresher - sunk in an accident in 1963
		USS Merrimac - a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia
		Sank the USS Housatonic with its spar-mounted torpedo, but was sunk during or soon after the same battle, with all hands on board.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_states_navy.html (2789 words)

	USS Merrimac
		After a successful career as blockade runner, Merrimac a sidewheel steamer purchased in England for the Confederate government in 1862, was captured by Iroquois off the coast of Cape Fear River, N.C., 24 July 1863.
		Early in 1865 Merrimac was reassigned to the East Gulf Blockading Squadron.
		That night, when the crew had been rescued by mail steamer Morning Star, Merrimac was settling rapidly as she disappeared from sight.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Steamer/merrimac.html (265 words)

	Index
		She was commissioned at the Cochran shipyards at Alpha Centauri in 2368 as a replacement for the Merrimac C which was destroyed at the battle of wolf 359.
		The USS Merrimac is augmented with a battalion of Star Fleet Marines.
		The USS Merrimac is being currently utilized as test vessel for several projects under development at the Starfleet Research and Development.
	www.geocities.com /hollywood/makeup/3905 (329 words)

	Merrimack River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an earlier spelling that is sometimes still used) is a 110-mile-long (177-kilometer-long) river in the Northeastern United States.
		On its banks are a number of cities built to take advantage of water power in the 19th-century, when textile mills dominated the New England economy: Concord (the state capital), Manchester, and Nashua in New Hampshire, and Lowell, Lawrence, and Haverhill in Massachusetts.
		West Amesbury, Massachusetts, a former part of Amesbury, Massachusetts, contained the village of Merrimacport; it later separated from Amesbury and was incorporated in 1876 as Merrimac, Massachusetts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merrimack_River (484 words)

	The Iron Clads
		The Merrimac had passed the night quietly near Sewell's Point, her people enjoying rest and sleep, elated by thoughts of the victory they had achieved that day, and cheered by the prospects of another easy victory on the morrow.
		During this time the Merrimac, which was leaking badly, had started in the direction of the Elizabeth River; and, on taking my station in the pilot-house and turning the vessel's head in the direction of the Merrimac, I saw that she was already in retreat.
		It may be added that the Merrimac's damages were slight, and in her encounter with the Monitor she had not a man killed or wounded.
	home.nc.rr.com /rebmaster/ironclads.htm (10830 words)

	USN Ships--USS Merrimac (1864-1865) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Merrimac, a 684-ton iron side-wheel steamship built in England, was employed as a Confederate Government blockade runner in 1862-63.
		The U.S. Navy purchased the steamer from the New York Prize Court in March 1864, converted her to a gunboat and commissioned her as USS Merrimac in May 1864.
		Back at sea on 15 January, USS Merrimac was overcome by the stormy seas and sank after her crew had been rescued by another ship.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/merrimac.htm (272 words)

	@Sea Feature Article--U.S.S. Monitor : Defining a New Era in Naval Warfare
		On March 9, 1862 at Hampton Roads, Virginia, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) met in one of the most famous naval engagements in US history.
		In the spring of 1861, the Confederate Army gained control of the Gosport Navy Yard and quickly made it their priority to raise the hulk of the USS Merrimac.
		The seas were smooth and the weather was calm as the sidewheel steamship, USS Rhode Island, began towing the Monitor from Virginia to North Carolina.
	www.at-sea.org /features/mon_history.html (870 words)

	Brooklyn on Line - Brooklyn History - The USS Monitor
		The Merrimac had been refitted with steel plating, and attacked and destroyed the Federal Blockade at Hampton Roads, a critical naval port on the Virginia, North Carolina boarder.
		The Merrimac had just destroyed the Congress, which was burning in the ocean when the Monitor arrived.
		The Merrimac ran aground in it's attempt to ram the Minnesota, and the Captain of the Monitor was the only Monitor casualty.
	www.brooklynonline.com /waterfront/work/monitor.html (847 words)

	ipedia.com: CSS Virginia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Supported by the CSS Raleigh and Beaufort, and accompanied by the Patrick Henry, Jamestown, and Teaser, the CSS Virginia took on the blockading fleet.
		The first ship engaged, the USS Cumberland, was sunk after being rammed.
		Even so, her captain attacked the USS Minnesota, which had run aground on a sandbank trying to escape the Virginia.
	www.ipedia.com /css_virginia.html (771 words)

	Ships Named Virginia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first USS VIRGINIA was one of the original thirteen frigates built for the Continental Navy.
		The sixth USS VIRGINIA was a captured Spanish blockade runner.
		USS VIRGINIA later served the country throughout World War I and afterwards was used as a bombing target to display the effectiveness of aircraft against naval vessels.
	home.comcast.net /~cgn38/otherships (687 words)

	The Battle of the Ironclads, 1862
		The first of these Confederate "Ironclads" was constructed upon the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimac left behind by Union forces when they abandoned the Newport, Virginia shipyards early in the war.
		While Stodder, who was stationed at the machine which controlled the revolving motion of the turret, was incautiously leaning against the side of the tower, a large shot struck in the vicinity and disabled him.
		Once the Merrimac tried to ram us; but Worden avoided the direct impact by the skillful use of the helm, and she struck a glancing blow, which did no damage.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /ironclads.htm (1558 words)

	United States Navy - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		U.S. Navy supercarrier USS Nimitz on November 3, 2003.
		USS Merrimac — a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia
		Given the lack of large scale conventional naval warfare since 1945, with the USN's role being primarily that of power projection, the submarine service did not fire weapons in anger for very many years.
	open-encyclopedia.com /US_Navy (3470 words)

	Historical Documents -- CSS Virginia Home Page
		The Confederate States Ram Merrimac or Virginia : the history of her planned construction, and her engagements with the United States Fleet, March 8 and 9, 1862.
		A letter suggesting that the reason for the slow speed of the USS Merrimac was in part due to the use of government naval constructors rather than consulting naval constructors.
		A letter refuting bad reviews of the Merrimac, quoting a letter from a Lieutenant from the Merrimac saying she achieved 15 knots under sail, and the steam engine is for auxiliary use only.
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn4/original (8972 words)

	Merrimack River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an earlier spelling that is sometimes still used) is a 110-mile-long (177-kilometer-long) river in the Northeastern (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States.
		Several U.S. naval ships have been named the (Click link for more info and facts about USS Merrimack) USS Merrimack and (Click link for more info and facts about USS Merrimac) USS Merrimac in honor of this river.
		The river is perhaps best known for the early American literary classic A Week on the Concord and Merrimac River by (United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)) Henry David Thoreau.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/merrimack_river.htm (432 words)

	Gold Coast City Council - Merrimac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Carl Lentz, a Hinterland pioneer wrote that the Yugambeh people and the first settlers believed the swamp to be the home of the mythical creature of the Australian bush and wetlands, the Bunyip.
		By World War 1 (1914- 1918), new settlers and many families working on a share basis on the Merrimac property were able to purchase sections of what became known as Stephens Estate after it was subdivided for sale.
		The Merrimac State School, opened in 1917, with its first teacher, a Miss C. Platell, daughter of a local dairy farmer.
	www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au /t_gcsuburbs_h.asp?pid=1055 (808 words)

	TNG Starship Index compiled by Scott Hollifield updated through the end of Season 5 Note W
		It and the Hornet are led by the Excalibur to form a strategic gap in the fleet's tachyon detection grid.
		The Brattain was escorted to a starbase by the USS Enterprise and is currently undergoing recommission.
		It and the Akagi are led by the Excalibur to form a strategic gap in the fleet's tachyon detection grid.
	www.skepticfiles.org /en001/shipstrk.htm (1649 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shortly after the start of the Civil War, U.S. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles learned of Confederate plans to raise the hull of USS Merrimac, which Federal forces had burned and sunk in their flight from Norfolk's Gosport Navy Yard, and to convert it into an ironclad.
		To counter the threat posed by such a vessel, he authorized research into the feasibility of an armored steamship clad in either iron or steel.
		Despite the fact that the French and British had already commissioned La Gloire and HMS Warrior, respectively, most American naval architects of the day considered the project impracticable.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_061800_ussmonitor.htm (986 words)

	The Fate of the CSS Virginia
		Iron shutters were fitted to the gun ports in the casemate and a new ram was installed to replace the one that was lost when the ship rammed and sank the USS Cumberland.
		Ramsay had served two years as an Assistant Engineer on board of the USS Merrimack, and was the Chief Engineer on board of the CSS Virginia.
		Inside are a few other items associated with the ironclad, including uniforms, armor, and a model of the ship reportedly built by one of her crew.
	home.att.net /~iron.clad/thefateofthecssva.html (2726 words)

	The Merrimac wreck possibly found near Portsmouth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the most famous naval battles in history was fought in 1862 between the CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimac, and the Monitor in Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862.
		Federal and state laws require the ship's remains be removed before any further work on the marine terminal begins so historians and preservationists will have to develop a plan to bring the ship or whatever parts of it they can to the surface.
		The Merrimac was a wooden frigate of war based at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
	www.dcmilitary.com /army/pentagram/8_18/local_news/23110-1.html (532 words)

	Agency of Fear - Chapter One
		To this end, Hobson heroically had tied a string of homemade torpedoes-to the hull of the Merrimac, but owing to a failure in the ship's steering mechanism, he was unable to get the tub into the blockading position before the charges exploded.
		The Merrimac rapidly and ineffectually sank without interfering with any of the Spanish shipping lanes, and Hobson himself was rescued by the Spanish and imprisoned in Morro Castle, outside Havana.
		The United States Navy, faced with the difficult choice of either court-martialing Hobson or decorating him for valor, chose the latter alternative and made Captain Hobson the first celebrated hero of the short-lived Spanish-American War.
	edwardjayepstein.com /agency/chap1_print.htm (3472 words)

	hobson
		Hobson's fame and popularity was the result of leading an unsuccessful attempt to block the harbor of Santiago de Cuba by sinking the collier MERRIMAC in the entrance.
		Instead, Hobson was sent aboard the USS NEW YORK, and served in various shipyards in the northeast.
		It was while serving with Admiral Sampson on the USS NEW YORK that Hobson was given the task of sinking the MERRIMAC to block the entrance to Santiago Harbor.
	www.spanamwar.com /hobson.htm (1318 words)

	United States Navy Article, UnitedStatesNavy Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		USS Thresher — sunk in anaccident in 1963
		USS Cole — badly damaged by an attack in Aden, Yemen
		USS Pueblo — intelligence vessel captured by North Korea.
	www.anoca.org /uss/war/united_states_navy.html (2349 words)

	Æ Aeragon - First Modern War
		One of the most famous naval battles of all time is the engagement between the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor at Hampton Roads Virginia in 1862.
		Confederate forces salvaged the USS Merrimac after they obtained the Norfolk, Virginia Navy Yard that Union forces abandoned on retreat.
		The naval warfare experiences in America during the Civil War, and especially the battle between the CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor, clearly demonstrated that the wooden ship-of-the-line was now obsolete.
	www.aeragon.com /03 (4471 words)

	STARFLEET RECORDS - USS MIRANDA PERSONELL FILES
		Graduating as a Starfleet medical officer, the new doctor received his first assignment on the USS Merrimac.
		Following the end of the war against the Dominion-Cardassian Alliance he was transferred to the USS Challenger to supplement her much larger medical department as an exobiology specialist.
		Late in 2377 he was assigned to the medical staff on the Pathfinder-class, USS Miranda.
	www.ussmiranda.com /bios/sakic.htm (801 words)

	Samps-Schley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Admiral Sampson in the USS NEW YORK was caught off station, preparing to meet with General Shaftner to the east.
		It was at this point that the USS NEW YORK came steaming up with her signal; "report your casualties" flying, as she passed each ship in the American Squadron.
		He stated that when the flagship (USS NEW YORK) signaled "250" for general action, the USS TEXAS headed for the escaping Spanish ships, and was soon overtaken by the USS OREGON as she forged ahead, but gave no mention of being cut-off by the USS BROOKLYN.
	www.warscholar.com /Articles/Samps-Schley.html (4619 words)

	Civil War Navy Dispatches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Covers the construction of the USS Monitor and the preparations (including spying) of the blockade fleet at Hampton Roads.
		Union Navy and Army telegrams and reports relating to the naval battle fought at Hampton Roads on March 8 and 9, 1862.
		Covers the rebuilding of the steam frigate USS Merrimack into the CSS Virginia, her much delayed provisioning and preparations (also including spying) for the attack on the blockading Union fleet at Hampton Roads.
	wtj.com /archives/acwnavies (232 words)

	usstocss.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the midst of the confusion of war, on April 20, 1861, the US Navy abandoned their large facility at Gosport, Virginia.
		One of the ships left behind was the frigate USS Merrimack, which was burned to the waterline, but otherwise salvageable.
		The frigate had been in drydock in the first place because the Navy had condemned its unreliable steam engines and was going to replace them.
	home.san.rr.com /evanslayng/usstocss.html (342 words)

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