Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Luce Center
Wood fragment from Merrimac
Object name
Wood fragment from Merrimac
Date
ca. 1862
Medium
Wood, paper
Dimensions
0verall: 41.9 x 61.3 x 72.9mm (1 5/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Description
According to the label affixed to this piece, it is a fragment from the COnfederate vessel Merrimac, which was defeated by U.S.S. Monitor in 1862.
Credit Line
Gift of the Naval History Society, 1925