The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (rebuilt and renamed as the CSS Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads...
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Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel (category Road tunnels in Virginia)
(MMMBT) is the 4.6-mile-long (7.4 km) Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 664 (I-664) in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States. It is...
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36°58′N 76°22′W / 36.967°N 76.367°W / 36.967; -76.367 Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel...
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fought at the Battle of Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8–9, 1862. US Army (stationed at Fort Monroe) 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Dept of Virginia - Brig...
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USS Minnesota (1855) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Hampton Roads on 8 March 1862, Minnesota ran aground, and the following battle badly damaged her and inflicted many casualties. On the second day of the...
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CSS Virginia (redirect from Sinking of the CSS Merrimac)
USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The battle is chiefly significant...
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Hampton Roads is a region located in the extreme southeastern portion of Virginia's Tidewater region in the United States with a total population of 1...
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participated in the important Battle of Hampton Roads off the U.S. state of Virginia in 1862, served as the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory...
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Sewell's Point (category Peninsulas of Virginia)
peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells...
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John Lorimer Worden (category Battle of Hampton Roads)
War, who took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads, the first-ever engagement between ironclad steamships at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on 9 March 1862...
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USS St. Lawrence (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
Hampton Roads where she engaged Monitor in a historic battle which, although inconclusive, revolutionized naval warfare. After the battle in Hampton Roads...
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Catesby ap Roger Jones (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
War. He assumed command of CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads and engaged USS Monitor in the historic first battle of the two ironclads. Jones...
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her escape some time after the Battle of Hampton Roads.[citation needed] Furthermore, even the relatively modest aim of limited seaworthiness was rarely...
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William A. Webb (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
of the CSS Teaser, part of the James River Squadron, during the Battle of Hampton Roads (1862). In 1863, his orders sent him to Savannah, where he commanded...
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USS Monitor (redirect from Sinking of the USS Monitor)
the Navy. Monitor played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the...
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Ironclad warship (section Lissa: first fleet battle)
each other at the Battle of Hampton Roads in Virginia. Their performance demonstrated that the ironclad had replaced the unarmored ship of the line as the...
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USS Merrimack (1855) (category Battle of Hampton Roads)
Civil War. The CSS Virginia then took part in the Battle of Hampton Roads (also known as "the Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack") in the first engagement...
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USS Sachem (1861) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
USS Monitor to Hampton Roads, Virginia. The three ships reached nearby Fort Monroe on the night of 8 March, the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads. Sachem...
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The history of Hampton Roads dates to 1607, when Jamestown was founded. Two wars have taken place in addition to many other historical events. The first...
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the United States Navy, and the closing track, "The Battle of Hampton Roads", refers to the battle between the Monitor and the CSS Virginia, which took...
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William H. Face (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
1894) served as Acting Master of CSS Teaser during the Battle of Hampton Roads (March 8–9, 1862). He was also at the center of an international incident in...
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Samuel Greene (naval officer) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
service aboard the USS Monitor during the Battle of Hampton Roads. Greene was born in Cumberland, Maryland, the son of future U.S. Army General George S. Greene...
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Confederate States Navy (category 1861 establishments in the Confederate States of America)
second day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, the two ships met and each scored numerous hits on the other. On the first day of that battle Virginia, and...
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the creation of CSS Virginia from the remains of USS Merrimack and the battle between Virginia and USS Monitor in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8, 1862...
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was a gunboat that served as a tender to CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads CSS Raleigh (1864) was an ironclad ram which patrolled the Cape...
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Anna Paulowna-class frigate (category Naval ships of the Netherlands)
part of the available funds. When the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads showed the vulnerability of wooden ships to armored ships, a good part of System...
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Taureau may refer to: Taureau, a French warship involved in the Battle of Hampton Roads Taureau (film), a Canadian drama film directed by Clément Perron...
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CSS Teaser (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
beginning of the American Civil War, when she was taken into the Confederate States Navy and took part in the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. Later, she...
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Watergeus-class sloop (category 19th-century naval ships of the Netherlands)
the tasks required in Europe and in the Indies. The March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads saw an armored confederate ship easily sinking two Union frigates...
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American Civil War, on March 8, 1862, during the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, two unarmoured Union wooden frigates were sunk and destroyed...
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