CSS Virginia
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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 Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between ironclads.
Civil War Confederate ironclad
 CSS Virginia. The image is captioned Merrimac; see below. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Confederate States | |
| Name | CSS Virginia |
| Namesake | Virginia |
| Ordered | July 11, 1861 |
| Completed | March 7, 1862 |
| Commissioned | February 17, 1862 |
| Fate | scuttled May 11, 1862 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Casemate ironclad |
| Displacement | about 4,000 long tons (4,100 t) |
| Length | 275 ft (83.8 m) |
| Beam | 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Installed power | 1,200 ihp (890 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 5–6 knots (9.3–11.1 km/h; 5.8–6.9 mph) |
| Complement | about 320 officers and men |
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| Armor | |