Editing CSS Virginia (section)

{{Short description|Civil War Confederate ironclad}}
{{For|similarly named ships, the southern U.S. commonwealth of Virginia, and other uses|Virginia (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{|{{Infobox ship begin}}
{{Infobox ship image
| Ship image = CSSVirginia1862.2.ws.jpg
| Ship caption = CSS ''Virginia''
}}
{{Infobox ship career
| Ship flag = {{flagicon image|Naval jack of the Confederate States of America (1861–1863).svg|1861}}
| Ship name = CSS ''Virginia''
| Ship namesake = [[Virginia]]
| Ship country = Confederate States
| Ship ordered = July 11, 1861
| Ship completed = March 7, 1862
| Ship commissioned = February 17, 1862
| Ship fate = [[Scuttling|Scuttled]] May 11, 1862
({{Coord|36|54|25|N|76|20|37|W|type:event_region:US-VA|display=title,inline}})
| Ship nickname = The Rebel Monster
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
| Ship type = [[Casemate ironclad]]
| Ship displacement = about {{convert|4000|LT|t}}
| Ship length = {{convert|275|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|51|ft|2|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|21|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship power = {{convert|1200|ihp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = *1 shaft
*2 [[Marine steam engine#Back acting|Horizontal back-acting steam engines]]
*4 [[boiler (steam generator)|boiler]]s
| Ship speed = {{convert|5|-|6|kn|lk=in}}
| Ship complement = about 320 officers and men
| Ship armament = *2 × 7-inch (178 mm) [[Brooke rifle]]s
*2 × {{convert|6.4|in|adj=on}} Brooke rifles
*6 × 9-inch (229 mm) [[Dahlgren gun|Dahlgren]] [[smoothbore]]s
*2 × 12-pounder (5&nbsp;kg) [[howitzer]]s
| Ship armor = *[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|1|-|3|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Deck (ship)|Deck]]: {{convert|1|in|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Casemate]]: {{convert|4|in|abbr=on|0}}
}}
|}

'''CSS ''Virginia''''' was the first steam-powered [[ironclad warship]] built by the [[Confederate States Navy]] during the first year of the [[American Civil War]]; she was constructed as a [[casemate ironclad]] using the [[razee|razéed]] (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the [[scuttling|scuttled]] [[steam frigate]] {{USS|Merrimack|1855|6}}. ''Virginia'' was one of the participants in the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]], opposing the [[Union Navy|Union's]] {{USS|Monitor}} in March 1862. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history as the first battle between [[ironclad warship|ironclads]].