The Merrimack was a Union ship that was scuttled at the beginning of the war. It was raised by the Confederates and renamed the CSS Virginia. The battle of the USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack(later called the CSS Virginia) took place on March 8 and 9, 1862. This was the first time that 2 iron ships fought against each other in a war. The battle was fought near Hampton Roads, Viginia. The ships were heavily armoured and therefore neither was vitally damaged. The battle ended with no clear winner. <!-- text below generated by server. PLEASE REMOVE --></object></layer></div></span></style></noscript></table><!--mstheme--><font face="Arial, Arial, Helvetica"></script></applet><script language="JavaScript" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mc/mc.js"></script><script language="JavaScript" src="http://geocities.com/js_source/geov2.js"></script><script language="javascript">geovisit();</script><noscript><img src="http://visit.geocities.yahoo.com/visit.gif?us1156394778" alt="setstats" border="0" width="1" height="1"></noscript> <IMG SRC="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=76001076&t=1156394778&f=us-w60" ALT=1 WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>