Following a Historic Battle in March 1862 with a Tiny

Following a historic battle in March 1862 with a tiny Union ironclad warship, the Monitor, the Confederate blockade runner, the Merrimack, was

A) destroyed by Union troops to prevent its use as a slave ship.
B) captured and used by Union troops to help restore the Federal blockade.
C) destroyed by Confederate soldiers to keep it out of the hands of Union troops.
D) retrofitted with multiple cannons that were utilized to sink several Union blockading ships.
E) used to ferry both British and French troops across the ocean.