USS Merrimack
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USS Merrimack, or variant spelling USS Merrimac, may be any one of several ships commissioned in the United States Navy and named after the Merrimack River. The ships with dates in commission:
- USS Merrimack (1798), 1798–1801, later known as the Monticello, sunk off Cape Cod
- USS Merrimack (1855), 1856–1860, best known as the hulk upon which CSS Virginia was built during the American Civil War
- USS Merrimac (1864), 1864–1865, a side-wheel steamer
- USS Merrimac (1898), 1898, a collier during the Spanish-American War
- USS Merrimack (AO-37), 1942–1954, a Kennebec-class fleet oiler, served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II
- USS Merrimack (AO-179), 1981–1998, a Cimarron-class fleet oiler