Virginia (ship)

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Virginia is the name of several ships:

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CSS <i>Virginia</i> Civil War Confederate ironclad

CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack. Virginia was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads, opposing the Union's USS Monitor in March 1862. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between ironclads.

Enterprise may refer to:

USS Memphis may refer to:

USS Merrimack, or variant spelling USS Merrimac, may be any one of several ships commissioned in the United States Navy and named after the Merrimack River.

USS Grampus may refer to:

Eight ships of the United States Navy and Revenue-Marine have been named USS Massachusetts, after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

USS Virginia may refer to:

Six ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Tennessee in honor of the 16th state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Hampton Roads</span> 1862 naval battle in the American Civil War, the first between ironclads

The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War.

The National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) is a private non-profit organization in the United States founded in 1979. Originally it was a fictional US government organization in the novels of author Clive Cussler. Cussler later created and, until his death in 2020, led the actual organization which is dedicated to "preserving our maritime heritage through the discovery, archaeological survey and conservation of shipwreck artifacts.” Additionally "NUMA does not actively seek private funding. Most of the financial support for the projects comes from the royalties from Clive Cussler’s books."

Virginia is a state in the United States of America.

CSS <i>Jamestown</i> Steamboat

CSS Jamestown, originally a side-wheel, passenger steamer, was built at New York City in 1853, and seized at Richmond, Virginia in 1861 for the Virginia Navy during the early days of the American Civil War. She was commissioned by the Confederate States Navy (CSN) the following July, and renamed CSS Thomas Jefferson but was generally referred to as Jamestown, after Jamestown, Virginia.

Three ships in the Confederate States Navy were named CSS Tennessee

USS <i>Sangamon</i> (1862)

USS Sangamon was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor constructed for the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War where she operated in the waterways of the Confederate States of America. She was later recommissioned and placed into service during the Spanish–American War.

USS Otsego may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

Several steamships have been named Fingal, including:

Many vessels have been named Comet, after the astronomical object comet.

Tennessee is a ship name.