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CSS Virginia

CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. She was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton…

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Armament
2 × 7-inch (178 mm) Brooke rifles · 2 × 6.4-inch (160 mm) Brooke rifles · 6 × 9-inch (229 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores · 2 × 12-pounder (5 kg) howitzers
Armor
Belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm) · Deck: 1 in (25 mm) · Casemate: 4 in (102 mm)
Beam
51 ft 2 in (15.6 m)
Commissioned
February 17, 1862
Complement
about 320 officers and men
Completed
March 7, 1862

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USS Merrimack becomes CSS Virginia

Battle of Hampton Roads

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CSS Virginia

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Edges112
Triples185
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1

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CSS Virginia

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related to References · 140
CSS Virginia → Abilene, Alabama, Alabama Press, Alan, Alexandria Bay, American Civil War, Angus, Annapolis, Atglen, Battle Between, Bisbee, Bogart, Building, Burd Street Press, Campbell, Canney, Carl, Charles, Civil War Siege, Columbia
related to External links · 20
CSS Virginia → Archived, Confederacy, CSS VirginiaHampton Roads Visitor, Exhibit Archived, Future, GuideUSS Monitor Center, HistoryFort Wool HistoryRoads, I-664 Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge, July, Library, Newport News, October, Richmond, Tunnel, VirginiaHampton Roads Naval Museum, VirginiaMariner's Museum, VirginiaVirginia Historical SocietyMuseum, VirginiaWebsite, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineCivil War Naval
Armament · 4
CSS Virginia → 2 × 12-pounder (5 kg) howitzers, 2 × 6.4-inch (160 mm) Brooke rifles, 2 × 7-inch (178 mm) Brooke rifles, 6 × 9-inch (229 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores
Armor · 3
CSS Virginia → Belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm), Casemate: 4 in (102 mm), Deck: 1 in (25 mm)
Propulsion · 3
CSS Virginia → 1 shaft, 2 Horizontal back-acting steam engines, 4 boilers
Beam · 1
CSS Virginia → 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m)
Commissioned · 1
CSS Virginia → February 17, 1862
Complement · 1
CSS Virginia → about 320 officers and men
Completed · 1
CSS Virginia → March 7, 1862
Displacement · 1
CSS Virginia → about 4,000 long tons (4,100 t)

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CSS VirginiaArmament2 × 7-inch (178 mm) Brooke rifles1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaArmament2 × 6.4-inch (160 mm) Brooke rifles1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaArmament6 × 9-inch (229 mm) Dahlgren smoothbores1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaArmament2 × 12-pounder (5 kg) howitzers1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaArmorBelt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaArmorDeck: 1 in (25 mm)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaArmorCasemate: 4 in (102 mm)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaBeam51 ft 2 in (15.6 m)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaCommissionedFebruary 17, 18621.00infobox
CSS VirginiaComplementabout 320 officers and men1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaCompletedMarch 7, 18621.00infobox
CSS VirginiaDisplacementabout 4,000 long tons (4,100 t)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaDraft21 ft (6.4 m)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaFateScuttled May 11, 1862 (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .g…1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaInstalled power1,200 ihp (890 kW)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaLength275 ft (83.8 m)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaNameCSS Virginia1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaNamesakeVirginia1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaNickname(s)The Rebel Monster1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaOrderedJuly 11, 18611.00infobox
CSS VirginiaPropulsion1 shaft1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaPropulsion2 Horizontal back-acting steam engines1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaPropulsion4 boilers1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaSpeed5–6 knots (9.3–11.1 km/h; 5.8–6.9 mph)1.00infobox
CSS VirginiaTypeCasemate ironclad1.00infobox

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