It was expected by the US Navy that sail would be the primary means of propelling the Merrimack and her steam engines would provide the necessary power when the winds would not cooperate. She was some 275-feet long and her beam measured in at 38 feet, 6 inches. The Merrimack herself was a wooden frigate steam warship fitted with three masts, each rigged for sailing. She proved quite a handful to Union Forces but was eventually set ablaze by her Southern owners when her home port was captured by Northern troops. She was rebuilt in 1862 by the Confederate States Navy from the scuttled hulk of the USS Merrimack during the "War Between the States" - the American Civil War. CSS Virginia was a 4,500-ton steam screw propelled ironclad ram warship of 12 guns.
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