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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