Battle, Monitor and Merrimack
Posted by: turnersrugs
N 36° 58.027 W 076° 17.352
18S E 385239 N 4092001
Marker is in Norfolk, Virginia. Marker is on West Ocean View Avenue (Virginia Route 168) just east of Richview Street, in the median.
Waymark Code: WMGERT
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2013
Views: 6
On March 9, 1862, the first battle between ironclad ships occurred in Hampton Roads when the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia (Merrimack) met in a naval engagement which opened the era of the armored warship