USS Merrimack

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:armament cannons
10 guns
gptkbp:armor iron plating
gptkbp:associated_with Virginia state history
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:beam 51 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Gideon_Welles
gptkbp:captain gptkb:Franklin_Buchanan
gptkbp:captures gptkb:Confederate_forces
Union ship
gptkbp:class gptkb:Merrimack-class_frigate
gptkbp:commissioned 1861
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Norfolk_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:crew_capacity gptkb:300
gptkbp:decommissioned 1862
gptkbp:design gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:displacement 3,200 tons
gptkbp:engaged_in naval combat
gptkbp:engagement gptkb:Naval_Battle_of_1862
gptkbp:famous_event first battle between ironclads
gptkbp:famous_for ironclad warfare
gptkbp:fate scuttled
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War naval battles
gptkbp:historical_documentation naval records
gptkbp:historical_figures gptkb:Admiral_Franklin_Buchanan
gptkbp:historical_impact naval technology
naval warfare strategy
gptkbp:historical_legacy pioneering ironclad warfare
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:historical_significance first ironclad warship to engage in battle
first ironclad warship to engage another ironclad
first ironclad warship
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Merrimack
gptkbp:influenced_by European naval technology
gptkbp:involved_in gptkb:blockade
gptkbp:launched 1855
gptkbp:launched_in 1855
gptkbp:legacy influence on naval design
gptkbp:length 275 feet
275 ft
275 ft (84 m)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:modern_relevance American naval history
gptkbp:notable_achievement first successful ironclad engagement
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Ironclads
Monitor vs. Merrimack
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Hampton_Roads
gptkbp:notable_feature ram bow
gptkbp:notable_technology ironclad design
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Confederate_States_Navy
gptkbp:opponent gptkb:USS_Monitor
gptkbp:previous_name gptkb:Merrimack
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:railway
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:CSS_Virginia
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:CSS_Virginia
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Elizabeth_River
gptkbp:retired 1862
gptkbp:role gptkb:blockade
gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:service gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:service_years 1862
1855-1861
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Minnesota
gptkbp:speed 6 knots
gptkbp:sunk gptkb:USS_Congress
gptkb:USS_Cumberland
1861
gptkbp:type gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:was_part_of gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkb:battleship
gptkbp:was_rebuilt_into gptkb:CSS_Virginia
gptkbp:was_scuttled_to_prevent_capture_in 1861
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3