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Only American ship sunk by the Spanish in the Spanish-American War
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merrimac
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Population (2000): 1751 Housing Units (2000): 934 Land area (2000): 1.817338 sq. miles (4.706884 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.817338 sq. miles (4.706884 sq. km) FIPS code: 51208 Located within: Virginia ...
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The Merrimacs staggered away from the pumps, and fresh hands began plunging the levers up and down.
Anywhere, with over a thousand tons of cargo the Merrimac displaced fourteen hundred tons and fast, as well.
All ships have reported except for the Farragut, the Severna Park, and the Merrimac,” she said.
There was clear water beyond that last finger of granite reaching out to sea and the Merrimac wasn’t going to make it, not under that miserable jury-rig.
The Merrimac was a lot heavier, and it was good in a way that they had a trial run first.
The author's sister, Kate Williams - Old Colonel Chesnut - Roanoke Island surrenders - Up Country and Low Country - Family silver to be taken for war expenses - Mary McDuffie Hampton - The Merrimac and the Monitor .
The Merrimac was formerly a 40-gun screw frigate of the United States Navy.
Many features of modern battle-ships have been derived from the Merrimac and Monitor.
On March 7 and 8, 1862, occurred the battle of Pea Ridge in Western Arkansas, where the Confederates were defeated, and on March 8th and 9th, occurred the conflict in Hampton Roads between the warships Merrimac, Cumberland, Congress, and Monitor.
Sometimes I think she may be the veritable sling with a stone that will yet smite the Merrimac Philistine in the forehead.
John Currier in “Historical Sketch of Ship Building on the Merrimac River” claims that ships constructed in Amesbury at the time of the Essex were “built almost entirely of oak.
It's going to have a new lease on life, but the gasoline car is going out the way wooden battleships did when the Monitor and the Merrimac called it a draw.