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Metadata
Object Name |
Anchor |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01514 |
Description |
Anchor made of iron, consisting of a shank and two flukes. |
Material |
Metal/Iron |
Dimensions |
H-150 W-80 inches |
Owner Regiment |
CSS Virginia |
Event |
Battle of Hampton Roads |
Provenance |
The anchor of the CSS Virginia (USS Merrimac) dredged from the mouth of the James River in 1907 by the Lamberts Point Tow Boat Company, and identified by a member of the Lamberts Point Coal Piers Company, Mr. Curtis, who had been a ship's carpenter in the Confederate Navy yard, identified the anchor as one he had worked on for the CSS Virginia. |
Search Terms |
Confederate States Navy Battle of Hampton Roads |
Subjects |
navies Iron-clad vessels Ironclads ships |