USS Merrimack
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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
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Merrimack River
The Merrimack River is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport...
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- USS Merrimack (1798)USS Merrimack (1798)The first USS Merrimack, was a ship launched by an Association of Newburyport Shipwrights and presented to the Navy in 1798. She was the first ship of the Navy to be named for the Merrimack River. She saw action in the Quasi-War.-Service history:...
, 1798–1801, later known as the Monticello, sunk off Cape Cod - USS Merrimack (1855)USS Merrimack (1855)USS Merrimack was a frigate and sailing vessel of the United States Navy, best known as the hull upon which the ironclad warship, CSS Virginia was constructed during the American Civil War...
, 1856–1860, best known as the hull upon which ironclad CSS Virginia was built during the American Civil War - USS Merrimac (1864)USS Merrimac (1864)USS Merrimac was a sidewheel steamer first used in the Confederate States Navy that was captured and used in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.Merrimac was purchased in England for the Confederate government in 1862...
, 1864–1865, a side-wheel steamer - USS Merrimac (1898)USS Merrimac (1898)USS Merrimac was a steamship in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War.Merrimac was built by Swan & Hunter shipyard as SS Solveig in Wallsend, England, in November 1894. She was purchased by the US Navy in April 1898. Rear Admiral William T...
, 1898, a collier during the Spanish-American War - USS Merrimack (AO-37), 1942–1954, a Kennebec-class fleet oiler, served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II
- USS Merrimack (AO-179)USS Merrimack (AO-179)|...
, 1981–1998, a Cimarron-class fleet oiler