CSS Virginia Model
CSS Virginia Model
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- Description
- Physical Description
- 1/4-scale model, wood with plastic parts.
- General History
- On April 21, 1861, Virginians claimed an abandoned navy yard at Norfolk, Virginia. There they found the sunken hull of the burned USS Merrimack. The Merrimack was raised and on June 23, 1861 the Honorable S. R. Mallory, Confederate secretary of the navy, ordered it to be converted to an ironclad. That ironclad was christened the CSS Virginia.
- Object Name
- model, ship
- Other Terms
- model, ship; Ship; Steam Screw; 10 Guns; Sail; Steam
- date made
- ca 1960
- associated date
- 1862
- maker
- Arthur G. Henning Inc.
- associated place
- United States: Virginia, Norfolk
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 in x 68 1/2 in x 11 in; 35.56 cm x 173.99 cm x 27.94 cm
- ID Number
- AF.58728N
- accession number
- 235954
- catalog number
- 58728-N
- subject
- Ships
- Civil War
- Civil War and Reconstruction
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Naval
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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