Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Monitor_and_Merrimack
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:marine
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:casualtiesUnion 78
261
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Confederate_States_of_America
Union
gptkbp:Confederate_commander gptkb:John_L._Worden
gptkb:Franklin_Buchanan
gptkb:Catesby_ap_Roger_Jones
gptkbp:ConfederateShip gptkb:CSS_Virginia
gptkbp:ConfederateShipArmament ten guns
gptkbp:ConfederateShipArmor iron plating
gptkbp:ConfederateShipBuilder gptkb:Gosport_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:ConfederateShipCrew 320
gptkbp:ConfederateShipDesigner gptkb:John_L._Porter
gptkbp:ConfederateShipDisplacement 3,200 tons
gptkbp:ConfederateShipFate scuttled May 11, 1862
gptkbp:ConfederateShipFormerName gptkb:USS_Merrimack
gptkbp:ConfederateShipLaunched 1855
gptkbp:ConfederateShipLength 275 ft
gptkbp:ConfederateShipNickname rebel ram
gptkbp:ConfederateShipPropulsion gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:ConfederateShipType gptkb:ship
gptkbp:date March 8–9, 1862
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Peninsula_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hampton_Roads,_Virginia,_United_States
gptkbp:notableFor ushering in the era of ironclad warships
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Roanoke_Island
gptkbp:result inconclusive
gptkbp:significance first meeting in combat of ironclad warships
gptkbp:UnionShip gptkb:USS_Monitor
gptkbp:UnionShipArmament two 11-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns
gptkbp:UnionShipArmor iron plating
gptkbp:UnionShipBuilder gptkb:Continental_Iron_Works
gptkbp:UnionShipCrew 58
gptkbp:UnionShipDesigner gptkb:John_Ericsson
gptkbp:UnionShipDisplacement 987 tons
gptkbp:UnionShipFate sank December 31, 1862
gptkbp:UnionShipFormerName none
gptkbp:UnionShipLaunched 1862
gptkbp:UnionShipLength 179 ft
gptkbp:UnionShipNickname cheesebox on a raft
gptkbp:UnionShipPropulsion gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:UnionShipType gptkb:ship
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6