USS Merrimack - Guide 249
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The Merrimack class, last wooden frigates of the United States Navy, are today's subject.
Read more about the ships here:
www.amazon.co.uk/Merrimack-Biography-Frigate-American-History/dp/1622736745
www.amazon.co.uk/Old-Steam-Navy-Frigates-1990-06-06/dp/B01HCAG1VC
www.amazon.co.uk/Civil-Navies-1855-1883-U-S-Warship/dp/041597870X
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Next on the list:
The Merrimack and Mersey class of frigates
Henri IV
USS Marblehead
Pinguin
German Auxiliary Cruiser Atlantis
Project 24 Sovetsky Soyuz class Battleship
HMS Caroline
Des Moines Heavy cruisers.
Ships of Battle of Campeche
PT Boats
Pinned post for Q&A :)
What if all four of the Admiral class had been completed before and retained after the Washington Treaty. What ships would the RN have scrapped to keep the peace with teh US and what would have been their likely refits?
How much of an impact during WW2 would four refitted Admiral class fast battleships have made.
Could you do a video on the CSS David class semi submersible torpedo rams? They are and interesting type of ship and possibly the only one of that type to ever be used in combat
What are your thoughts on Matthew Fontaine Maury and will you do a video on his contribution to oceanography and naval travel?
Let's say you have picked up a submarine contact on Sonar in World war two. How would you make sure that that submarine is one of the bad guys and not one of your own freindly subs?
Just to be pedantic, I believe the first "a" in "Wabash" is pronounced as in "war" rather than as in "cat".
"The *cough* rebuilt Franklin."
Congress: 😐
USN: 😏
Fooling Congress is one of the oldest traditions of the U.S. Navy.
@@zeedub8560 Congress has been the Navy's traditional most effective adversary at interfering with USN operations.
@@tremor3258 Close second: the enemy within--BuOrd.
@@zeedub8560
You mean, Kongress?
This will surely be 7 and a half minutes of company time well spent.
I listen to nearly all of drachs videos at work
Got 3 kids at home. Where else am I gonna listen to a 2 hour video about the development of the Japanese Zero??
TPS report approved
I listen to RUclips videos in my company vehicle almost my entire work day.
"Why are you not working?"
"Drach dropped a new video"
"Put it from the start"
*watches the video with you*
"No disrespect to the USS Rustoleum here, but I'd be better off in the Merrimack." - Commander Tom Dodge. Down Periscope.. :D
Classic movie!
Can we see the tattoo?
@@schrodingersgat4344 "Now, call me a prude if you like. But i think that it would be bad policy for the navy. To hand over a billion dollars worth of equipment to a man who has Welcome aboard tatooed on his penis." - Admiral Graham. :D
"I need a tetanus shot just from looking at it" One of my favorite lines, and one I've had several chances to use in conversation
Can somebody launch Buckman out of a torpedotube?
"You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense."
-Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon was a land artillery officer through and through. He always thought a navy was just a distraction from the real business of waging war, which was done by cannon and infantry. So while he ensured that reform-minded officers rapidly rose through the ranks in the army to replace the old aristocratic officer corps the navy was largely ignored and left to its own devices with most of its experienced officers gone and no replacements forthcoming. Classic case of strategic tunnel vision.
@@GaldirEonai ....I was more making an offhand and oblique joke about the Merrimack being part of the USN's attempt to introduce steam power, but okay.
@@GaldirEonai As Mahan so eloquently pointed out.
So, you’ve researched Steam Power in Civilization IV. Good choice.
@@DABrock-author Yes! I knew that quote sounded familiar
Secretary Dobbin: We have seventy ships
Congress: Good
Dobbin: But only forty are seaworthy.
Congress: Not so good.
Dobbin: And that forty will need three month to get ready.
Congress: Oh... Dear
And down in Cuba Spain just seized an American ship because they don't see use being able to do anything about it.
Congress: We can cut our party fund to give the Navy a bit of cash for new ships.
Sound familiar
@@calvingreene90 So that is why America beat their asses in the 1890s.
@@naamadossantossilva4736
Yep. America spent to build a navy when Spain let theirs got to hell.
Really neat to hear Drach talking about the Roanoke as I look out the window on the river itself and imagine such a ship steaming by….
Thanks for what you do Drach!
First time I've learned of the history of the Merrimack and her sister ships.
And now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
Same. It's nice to learn about how well the US navy did at this time. They were a minor power with a small budget and managed to punch above their weight fairly often.
I think steam frigates are very asthetically pleasing to the eye the single gun deck just seems more organized than the larger ships of the line with multiple decks it always catches my eye especially USS constitution and USS Merrimack
I completely agree with you.
You should look up USS Independence after she was razeed. Gorgeous for the same reasons.
@kevin barker idk actually how much of an issue that was alot of ships used combination steam and sail power so it must not have been that serious of a problem
@kevin barker that's entirely possible and would make alot of sense maybe drach can do a video analyzing this?
@@PaulfromChicago Agreed. Being razeed turned a mediocre sailing 74 (90 guns actually) into a good looking, fast and fine sailing 54 gun heavy frigate. She served in both active service and as an "accommodation ship" at Mare Island until decommissioned in 1912. Broken up and burned to salvage heavy metal structural pieces in 1915.
Please do one or all the USS Aaron Wards. My neighbor was on the last one to get almost sunk as there was an earlier one that did. DM34 a fletcher class minelayer Was hit by no less than 3 Kamikaze Than sailed to NY without a superstructure. My neighbor Erna Ritter an Austrian refuge whose husband served aboard is still alive . Bill passed in 2009 earning a Bronze Star with a V. Awesome man.
Do a video on Ottoman ships of the line. Can't find anything on them online.
US Navy, 1861: this Merrimack is no more! It has ceased to be!
Confederacy: the Merrimack shall rise again!
Hello, I wish to register a complaint.
I wish to complain about this frigate what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very dockyard.
What's wrong with it?
It's sunken, that's what's wrong with it!
No, no, it's resting.
Look, matey, I know a sunken frigate when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
@@Deevo037 😄👌👍
Watch as I spray paint a new name over the old one, huzzah! An ironclad!
If you raise it and rename it is it the undead version?
@@Deevo037 It's pining for the fjords, clearly
Recommend a guide to the USS Wolverine and USS Sable, coal fired, paddle wheeled aircraft carriers, yes really
So the CS Virginia had engine problemas Even before being the CS Virginia...
...that's WHY it had engine problems...
@@dclark142002 generally Confederate ironclads were underpowered
@@augustosolari7721 Random confederate engineer looking at Merrimack engine room: Meh! I have seen worse."
That is why the Union set fire to Merrimack when they left Norfolk in the fist place.
Lol Roanoke she sunk when she was launched, that’s some good luck there
I think it is good thing, since you can't sink a ship that had already sunk.
Always liked the name Merrimack decided to name one of my four hypothetical battlecruisers USS Merrimack since I named them all after either sail or steam frigates.
Thanks for the video Drach, this has been one of my most highly anticipated guides
Thank you, Drachinifel.
Thanks for taking time during Tankfest to post.
The only fault of these five minutes guides is that they last...five minutes or little more. Come on Drach, redo all 249 as "thirty minutes guides"! 🤣😂🤣
Local pronunciation
Merry Mack in New Hampshire and spelled Merrimack
Merri Mac in Massachusetts and spelled Merrimac.
Same river, different spelling of two towns and the river. It was along this river that Hannah Dustin had her infants brained when she and her older kids were abducted from their home. Upriver, In Pennacook, NH, on a river island, she killed her captors and began the long trip back downriver to Haverhill (pronounced hay ver rill), Massachusetts (a/k/a Taxachusetts 😁).
To follow with the civil war connection; it was in Nashua, NH and Lawrence,MA the shot used by the Union Navy was cast.
The world’s largest woolen mill was powered by the Merrimack in Manchester, NH - Amoeskeag Mills. Can’t end with out saying the first US presidential primary was held in NH.
I know its not a ship but 5 but the "scrap iron flotilla" would be nice , failing that V/W class destroyers and Scott class destroyers
More ship's from this era please
This era was possibly the most amazing time of Naval advancement. Ironclads.... A F/U to a millenia of wood. The South thought they had developed the ultimate weapon. On the Merrimacks carcass. Then the North countered almost simultaniously with The Monitor. The absolute two most modern vessels in existance. Meeting and fighting.
A re-enactment of this encounter was one of the attractions at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Lancashire, for many years.
Would you consider doing an episode on the U.S.S. Constellation(s) sailing ships? The original being a sailing Frigate built for the U.S. Revolutionary war and the 'sequel' being the last all-sail warship (a sloop of war) built just prior to the U.S. Civil War. There was a considerable controversy in the 20th century over which ship was actually being presented in Baltimore, MD The story has all the hallmarks of the Navy fooling Congress into building a new ship under the claim they're simply repairing and modernizing an existing ship.
Thanks, this filled in some of the questions I have had since I was a kid. Like why was did the Confederate iron clad always change names depending on the story I was reading. Most of the time it was Merrimac but Virginia snuck in there a lot. The rest of her history here was fun too.
That's all just a secret TNG tie in... (one episode had a flottilla of ships and two serving side by side were USS Monitor and USS Merrimack.)
Because the Northerners wrote the history books, Had the Confederacy won, the battle would be known as "The CSS Virginia vs. that ridiculous tin can on a plate"!
@@thekinginyellow1744 True, but the winners always right the history don't they.
@@thekinginyellow1744 Plus Monitor and Merrimack are a bit more alliterative than Monitor and Virginia. If USS Monitor had been named, say, USS Victory the battle of Hampton Roads probably would have gone down in popular histories as the fight between the Victory and the Virginia; despite the Northerners writing said history books..
@@robertsullivan4773 Why would they? If you win, the truth is whatever you decide it is.
another wonderfully informative and entertaining guide. Thanks Drach!
Shipwright watching the Roanoke launch: "Oops, forgot to carry the 1."
Now we're discussing here the era of mid-nineteenth century ironclad ships. Which of the USN vessels steamed to Japan, under the fleet command of Commodore Perry to force a treaty with the Japanese Shogunate government, more or less, under the guns of these ships? Could we reveiw the history of these ships, before during and after the Perry missions?
if they travelled to Japan they would SAIL not steam. Steam was reserved for going into harbors or fighting, they wouldn't have had enough fuel to steam the whole distance anyway.
It was even a problem for the Great White Fleet in the early 20th century to go once around the world and they had to plan extensively to make all the provisions for coal depots etc to get them there and back again.
as for the ships: The expedition was assigned the steam warships Mississippi, Susquehanna, and Powhatan, the armed store steamships Lexington, Supply, and Southampton, and the sailing sloops Macedonian, Plymouth, and Saratoga. (Wikipedia "Perry_Expedition"). Flagship was Mississippi at first and then from Shanghai onwards Susquehanna.
They sailed into Edo bay with four out of that Number: Susquehanna, Mississippi, Plymouth and Saratoga.
USS Niagara sounds quite interesting! I’d love a video on her. Double the HP - so the engines in these were a letdown, but what about her?
Is USS Niagara a Merrimack?
*Yesn't*
now someone is gonna have to explain to me how Roanoke made it all the way to Japan in 1870 to fight the Shogunate
in my Shogun 2 campaign
There was an american squadron in Japan or Korea around that time, but the main ship was a USS Colorado, not the Roanoke.
So, the way you say Wabash made me laugh, I can't lie. Not in a bad way, just never heard anyone say it like that! Around here, always heard it called Wagh-bash rather than Wa-bash(cause trying to spell phonetically in this case still looks like it'd be the same sound to me, clarifying: Wagh like the 40K Orks going 'WAAAAAAGH!', while the way you were saying it sounding like Elmer Fudd saying 'Wascally Wabbit!')
Either way, awesome video as always, thanks for the great work!
Of course, after the introduction of the ironclads French Navy Gloire, HMS Warrior, and later Union Navy Monitor, and CSS Virginia. The Navies of the World were fairly equal as the old Wooden Warships were then falling into obsolence
Great work Sir
Very interesting and informative video about the ships which is not taught in history books.
Its a real shame that naming Frigates after Rivers is gone. Its a very unique and interesting naming scheme.
Fantastic video as always Drach.
"Ruins? Curiosities? You have your navy and your manners." - Sir Simon Canterville
It should actually be "No ruins? No curiosities? You have your navy and you manners." I denounce myself.
Hang on.
What?
Roanoke sank on launch?
Can we have more detail on that little fact please?
It's 'under' deep Naval investigation.
Question how often did those early steamers set fire to their own sales? 🤔
Keeps the moths away, but perfect camouflage against a N. American lee shore
You probably do not set the courses (the lower rack of sails) if the boilers are blowing smoke...
Poor Roanoke! It got uglified!
Wasn't the Minnesota run aground in trying to escape the Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads and the Monitor saved her skin when the Virginia was emerging the next day to finish the job.
Heh 32 seconds old and already has likes.
How soon till we see?:
USS Fleetwood Mac
USS Bernie Mack
USS Big Mac
USS Womack & Womack
USS Norm McDonald
Living in hope...
@kevin barker Over in France they called it the "Royale with Cheese"
@kevin barker Game, Set and Match.. well played Sir.. well played!
The USS Merrimack, a walk down through history.
I hope this doesn't seem rude or stupid.
WHY does this Utterly Useless Pointless information FASCINATE ME!?
I'm serious knowing about this boat has NO use to me and yet it DEEPLY fascinates me.
I feel like there must be something wrong with me.
Welcome to the Naval Nerd society. 🙄⚓
@@WALTERBROADDUS kitting myself out for time traveler warfare it seems
I do not understand the question.
It's SHIPS!!! That means it's fascinating by definition!
What about the USS Congress? She she destroyed at the Battle of Hampton Roads?
Your point?
Pretty sure that was the cumberland.
The American pronunciation is W-AH-Bash... not a huge deal, but
Merrimack: Available to be refloated and repurposed because her engine was already a dud. Then captained by an officer (Franklin Buchanan) who had tried to nullify his defection (withdraw his resignation from the U.S. Navy) because Maryland's Legislature was forestalled before it could put treason into effect.
Cheers Drach, any chance of HMS Celendine at all, that familial flower classic?
You should start doing submarines
I used to live right next to the river this boy was named after!
It's been bothering me from the start
in the intro at 0:23 the main battery fires and blows confetti out of the mounting. What the heck happened there?
unburnt powderflakes?
Yeah watched it again and it's either powder that wasn't fully burned and now wafted out with the smoke plume or bits of the sacks they loaded the ammo into the guns, IIRC that was also treated with explosive compounds or made from gun cotton (which basically is also cotton soaked in combustible substances, so same difference) so it SHOULD fully burn up, but should, could and would never work out like intended.
probably wadding between the projectile and the powder bags
Roanoke conversion looks like something the godemperor would design for coastal work.
Very interesting, thanks!
Hello Drach, could you explain in a dry dock what an accommodation ship was?
Interesting after watching the art episode that two of the pictures show smoke flowing aft whilst under full sail.
If the ship were tacking against the wind the smoke would be blown aft and to the leeward.
@6:40 Early submarine trials??
6:35 -- I feel as if there's more to be learned right there.
Ms Mary Mack Mack Mack
All dressed in black black black
With silver buttons on her back back back
Many believe that rhyme was inspired by this ship, painted black with silver rivets, as well as the battle of Hampton roads. Or at least the first part
CSS Alabama.... What you can achieve with the tools available...
What are the best and worst wooden steam frigates?
Pronunciation note WAH BASH. We Americans lay traps for you.
The fellow is from the UK; we've got nothing on them when it comes to unpronounceable place names.
Merrimack wasn't very merry, was she?
Another chapter in the US Navy's eternal battle against it's bitterest enemy, the Appropriations Committee.
Ah, yes, the CSS Virginia.
Merriimack's mother's making Merrimack Merrime
Us Yankies call it 'Norfolk Naval Shipyard', not "Norfolk Navy Yard". Was it originally called the 'Navy Yard'?
I'm not nitpicking, I just have a personal connection to it...it's my backyard.
Well the Merimac got an upgrade (sort of).
Now there is a story of Wartime innovation and conversion and desperation…!
Logic: if we burn a ship then rapidly sink it, it will burn underwater 🤯
More Monty Python logic. Witches burn because they are made of wood.🤣
Sinking on launch? Fills a sailor with confidence. 😒
We wanted to help the Russians in 1854 but we didn’t have it.
We sort of owed them help, but we couldn’t.
They still helped us in our Civil War with Russian Fleets of 1864 who protected both coasts against foreign aggression for six months.
Wood and fire.... Not the most amicable of relationships..
Is this ship named after the Merrimack river in Missouri or the one in Massachusetts/New Hampshire?
Mass/New Hampshire.
Like a Butterfly....
Is it Merrimack or Merrimac?
Both. 'Merrimack' is the Algonquian (or Pennacook? one of the two) word for sturgeon, and as anglophone countries are wont to do it got butchered a lot. Merrimac is often seen as the older spelling. There are two towns that carry the name: one using the 'k' spelling in New Hampshire, and one in Massachusetts that doesn't. Fun fact WRT Merrimack, NH: it was also spelled as "Merrymac."
@@AWPtical800 thank You!
_USS Niagara_ exits Stage left…
i forgot they were ships before ironclads
Well we know the ending. ...
Accomodation ship?
A floating barracks usually for sailors whose ship isn't ready for personnel yet or who are awaiting assignment to an active ship.
You know... I always loved Drach's narration voice until I heard him pronounce "Wabash" without the invisible "L" and now I just want to cry myself to sleep...
I agree. I vote that we sentence Drach to listening to "Wabash Cannonball" 10 times in succession as punishment! (but only the Boxcar Willie or Roy Acuff versions)
@@thekinginyellow1744 As a kid, I thought 'Wabash' was a silly word.
I still do.
@@tooleyheadbang4239 Just be glad your mother never dressed you in OshKosh B'gosh!
The naval machine……
:)
Should we all down vote till Drach tells us what the *#&%@! the theme music is?
Might get his attention... (heh!)
It's called 'The Last Warrior' 😀
Thank you for that! And now to discover the weakness of internet search engines as I wade through the Video game and movie sound tracks looking for a sound clip that is close to your intro. (Might need another lockdown to find the time)
Amazing how horrible technology was only 176 years ago.
Fourth
i like ur style
Waw-bash, not Waa-bash.
To be fair a lot of us in the Midwest say Wah-bash too.
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This is a guide about Merrimack...but let's talk about every other ship
Who wants to bother protecting their own coastline, when you can protect Taiwan's instead?