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除了监视器之外的沿海Ironclads

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发明家John Ericsson，CA。1862年.Photographer未知。
礼貌的海军历史和遗产命令＃NH 305。

美国内战通常被认为是冷杉st modern industrial war. Both North and South endeavored to mobilize their resources to wage total war. This experience revolutionized naval warfare, and in doing so, forever changed America’s political, social, and economic fabric.

Proponents of seapower had witnessed significant changes in ordnance, motive power, and ship design during the first half of the 19th century. Confederate Secretary of the Navy Stephen Russell Mallory was the first to recognize that a new class of vessels, hitherto unknown in naval service, was needed. Mallory knew the possession of an armored ship was a matter of first necessity. The question then begged an answer: How could the agrarian South create such a warship? [1]阅读更多

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CSS Arkansas：Yazoo City Ironclad

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CSS Arkansas. Sepia wash drawing, R.G. Skerrett, 1904. Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, DC.

联邦海军斯蒂芬·罗素·马洛里立即认识到需要建造Ironclad来捍卫南部的港口和密西西比河流域。到1861年10月，新奥尔良，Cerro Gordo，田纳西州和孟菲斯的建设中有五个铁腕。将这些Ironclad放置在水中作为有限的工业基础设施有限的战舰将是一个极大的挑战。这是关于时间，铁，工人和发动机的问题！

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Mallory knew that it was imperative to block the Union gunboats’ ascent down the Mississippi River. As Mallory grappled with starting ironclad construction projects, prominent Memphis riverboat constructor and businessman John T. Shirley traveled to Richmond to meet with Mallory to obtain a contract to build two ironclads at Memphis. These boats were to support Confederate fortifications defending the river. Shirley’s contract entailed building the CSS阿肯色州andTennesseeat the cost of $76,920 each. Before leaving Richmond, Shirley consulted with Chief Naval Constructor John Luke Porter to gain knowledge of casemate design. [1]阅读更多

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Ironclads Strike：CSS Palmetto State和CSS CSS CSS

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地图，“Charleston Harbour，SC，1863年8月的反叛辩护。”
Robert Knox Sneden，艺术家，1832-1918。由国会图书馆提供。

Something unusual occurred in the early morning darkness of January 31, 1863, when the Confederate ironclad rams, CSSChicora和CSS.Palmetto状态，越过查尔斯顿酒吧并击中了联盟船只守卫那个封锁跑步者的避风港。这是同盟融合的第一次进入公海，并在联邦一般P.G.T。Beauregard，已经破坏了封锁。虽然联邦炮舰迅速重新回到车站，但它是距离查尔斯顿的捍卫者的巨大推动，他们期待着对他们的港口的联合Ironclad攻击。

当一般p.g.t.Beauregard于1862年9月24日在南卡罗来纳和格鲁吉亚部门承担了指挥，他立即意识到联邦海军积极支持，以便像查尔斯顿和大草原等港口捍卫港口。Beauregard，Fort Sumter和First Manassas的战斗中的英雄知道，武装有膛线的铁切公羊提供了不仅可以保护港口的最佳机会;而且，也许是打破联邦商业的联盟策略 - 棉花贸易为南方战争努力这么重要。阅读更多

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Battle of Albemarle Sound: CSS Albemarle Remains Defiant

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CSS Albemarle，R.G.Skerrett，艺术家，1899年。礼貌海军历史和遗产命令＃NH 57815

The ironclad CSSAlbemarle在普利茅斯的令人惊叹的胜利给了联邦的巨大希望，扩大他们对北卡罗来纳东部的控制。罗伯特·霍克省长的主要一般荣获允许对抗新伯尔尼。然而，当基于Kinston的Ironclad，CSS时，联邦计划变得中断neuse.那ran hard aground in its attempt to steam down the Neuse River to attack New Bern.

一般P.G.T.北卡罗来纳州北卡罗来纳州联邦区负责人的Beauregard认为Albemarle可用于支持新的伯尔尼攻击。“凭借其帮助，”他写道，“我考虑捕获新的伯尔尼很容易。”阅读更多

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Gosport Navy Yard is Captured

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诺福克的海军院子。哈珀的每周，1861年。礼貌的国会图书馆。

The crisis at Gosport had reached its zenith by the morning of April 20, 1861. Flag Officer Charles Stewart McCauley appeared to have given up all hope of saving or defending Gosport Navy Yard. Early that morning, he learned that militia troops had seized Fort Norfolk and an extremely useful magazine filled more than 250,000 pounds of gunpowder. Therefore, McCauley believed he had no choice but to destroy the shipyard so that it would not fall into the hands of the Virginians.

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