Merrimac

[ mer-uh-mak ]

noun

a warship (originally the Union steamer Merrimack) that the Confederates converted into an ironclad, renamed the Virginia, and used against the Monitor in 1862 in the first battle between ironclads.

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The "Merrimac" ran into Wilmington and delivered her valuable cargo in fine order.
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In a minute the good ship began to sink, while the Merrimac poured shot and shell into her wounded ribs.
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The sun rose on the morning of Sunday, March 9, and an hour later the Merrimac was again under way to finish her work.
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That was a very bad business, for there was enough left of the old Merrimac to make a great deal of trouble for the United States.
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But there was alarm enough, for their captains knew that the Merrimac was finished and might come at any hour.
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