Of the various models of CSS Virginia that I have seen, this is one of the few that shows the raised quarterdeck, instead of just the oblong shape of the cut-down stern of the former USS Merrimack. Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, VA.
1:48 scale model built in 1984 by Colan Ratliff. Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, VA.
CSS VIRGINIA (3DS Version) The CSS Virginia is most famous for her role at the Battle of the Ironclads during the American Civil War. In march of 1862, the first Confederate ironclad, CSS Virginia had steamed down the Elizabeth River into Hampton Roads to attack the woodensided U.S. blockading fleet anchored there. The Union Monitor arrived the next day and fought against the Virginia to begin a new age of armored naval warfare. To use this model, you will need a 3D program that can import 3DS d
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CSS Virginia Plans - a plan of the Ironclad rebuilt from the steam frigate USS Merrimack. Download a PDF plan of the first of many Confederate Ironclads for scratch-building a scale model boat.
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Updated renders of C.S.S. Virginia (formerly U.S.S. Merrimack), showing revisions done last year for an illustration in the Civil War Monitor magazine. Special thanks to Anna Holloway of the Mariners Museum for providing guidance on the model. Full-sized renders on Flickr. ____________
150 years ago today, a strange looking vessel steamed out of the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia. It was the CSS Virginia, an ironclad with slo...
CSS Arkansas, Confederate States Navy. Assembled in swamps and tributaries from scrap and railroad iron. This ship was very advanced, with modern guns, an iron ram, and sloped armor. It defeated two Union riverboats in its first battle, and sailed down the Mississippi, where it drove off Farragut's entire task force besieging Vicksburg. The crew was welcomed as liberating heroes by the city. The North's entire Navy would be put on alert to find and sink her. She ran aground in the shallow
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96-009 C.S.S. Tennessee: 1/96th Scale. Approx. 26” overall length. One of the final Confederate ironclads built during the war, C.S.S. Tennessee fought at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Captured by the Union, she served out the remainder of the war as … Continue reading →
CSS Virginia For its time, the USS Monitor represented cutting edge technology and was the mother of the monitor, a shallow draft ship that rides low in the water making a difficult target for enemy guns. Monitors are employed for bombardment of coastal targets.The original USS Monitor was the brainchild of a Swedish engineer, John…
I have been a Civil War naval modeler for over 30 years, having built operating R/C models of the USS Monitor and USS Cairo (this was in the 1980s...
Images of the warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia illustrate how the age of ironclads dawned during the American Civil War.
On March 9, 1862, the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia squared off in the most influential naval battle of the Civil War.
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