What happened to the Monitor and the Merrimack?

Answer 1

The USS Monitor was the first ironclad built by Ericsson for the Union Navy.

The USS Merrimac was a steam ship that was in dock in the Norfolk shipyards when the Confederates captured the city. It was burned to the waterline.

Answer 2

They were two ships in the US Navy at the start of the Civil War.

Actually, the Merrimac was burned to the waterline and sunk. The Confederates raised it and used it to create the CSS Virginia. These two ships from the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862. The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (built from the captured hull of the USS Merrimac) fought each other on the second day of the battle, and it was the first conflict in the world between ships protected by iron. Neither ship won, but the battle caused the navies of the world to realize that armored warships ships were the future.

Answer 3

Civil War Boats

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The Merrimack (properly called the CSS Virginia) and the USS Monitor were the first two ironclad warships. They engaged in battle at Hampton Roads, Virginia during the American Civil War. The battle was a draw, no one winner.

Answer 4

The merrimac was burnt by its crew after they got surrounded by the union

The monitor was sank after it tried to go in stormy water