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{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="margin-left:5px"
|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:CSS Virginia.jpg|300px]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: gray no-repeat scroll top left;"|CSS ''Virginia''
|-
!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: gray no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career
!align ="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: gray no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Conf Navy Jack.png|48px|Confederate States Navy Jack]]
|-
|-
| Commissioned:
| 17 February 1862
|-
| Fate:
| Scuttled by crew
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: gray;"| General characteristics
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| Displacement:
| 3,200 tons
|-
| Length:
| 275 ft
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| Beam:
| 38 ft 6 in
|-
| Draft:
| 24 ft 3 in
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| Speed:
| 6 knots
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| Complement:
| 1,269 officers and men
|-
|}
'''CSS ''Virginia''''' was an ironclad warship in the service of the Confederate States Navy which fought in the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]], March 8-9, 1862 during the [[American Civil War]]. Previously, she was a steam-sail frigate named USS ''Merrimack'', and still referred to by that name today.
'''CSS ''Virginia''''' was an ironclad warship in the service of the Confederate States Navy which fought in the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]], March 8-9, 1862 during the [[American Civil War]]. Previously, she was a steam-sail frigate named USS ''Merrimack'', and still referred to by that name today.