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• The first Merrimack , was a ship launched by an Association of Newburyport Shipwrights and presented to the Navy in 1798. She was stripped of naval equipment and sold in 1801. Subsequently, while operating in merchant service under the name Monticello, the ship was lost off Cape Cod, Mass.

• The second Merrimack, was a screw frigate, commissioned in 1856 and decommissioned in 1860. In 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United she was burnt in an attempt to avoid capture during the American Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as "the U. the Union," " the North," or "the Yankees"; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as "the Confederat, but her hull and engines were used as the basis for the first CSS VirginiaCSS Virginia was an ironclad warship of the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. It was one of the participants in the Battle of Hampton Roads in March, 1862 opposite the USS Monitor''. The battle is chiefly significant in naval history

• The third Merrimack , (AO-37), a fleet oiler, was acquired by the Navy in 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St; renamed and commissioned in 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass. She served in both the Atlantic and Pacific during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, and was finally struck from the Navy list in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac.