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Arthur G. Henning Inc

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Physical Description1/4-scale model, wood with plastic parts.General HistoryOn 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.
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National Museum of American History

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Smithsonian Institution

Keywords

  1. American Civil War (1861 1865)
  2. Arthur G. Henning Inc
  3. Boats And Boating
  4. Civil War
  5. Civil War And Reconstruction
  6. Civil War, 1861 1865
  7. Military
  8. Ships
  9. Think Finity

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