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Spirit of America Celebrate 250: USS Monitor

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, sinking its ships. The Confederacy salvaged what they could of the USS Merrimack and laminated it with iron, building the CSS Virginia. "It was slicked down with pork fat, literally, and it was [...]

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Spirit of America Celebrate 250: USS Monitor

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, sinking its ships. The Confederacy salvaged what they could of the USS Merrimack and laminated it with iron, building the CSS Virginia. "It was slicked down with pork fat, literally, and it was [...]

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WNCT broke the news in on Monday, March 9, 2026.
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