USS MERRIMACK

'USS ''Merrimack''', or variant spelling 'USS ''Merrimac''', may be any one of several ships commissioned in the United States Navy and named after the Merrimack River. The ships with dates in commission:

★ USS ''Merrimack'' (1798), 1798–1801, later known as the ''Monticello'', sunk off Cape Cod

★ USS ''Merrimack'' (1855), 1856–1860, best known as the hulk upon which ironclad ''CSS Virginia'' was built during the American Civil War

★ USS ''Merrimac'' (1864), 1864–1865, a side-wheel steamer

★ USS ''Merrimac'' (1898), 1898, a collier during the Spanish-American War

★ USS ''Merrimack'' (AO-37), 1942–1954, a Kennebec-class fleet oiler, served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II

★ USS ''Merrimack'' (AO-179), 1981–1998, a Cimarron-class fleet oiler