City-class ironclad
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The Pook Turtles, or City-class gunboats to use their semi-official name, were war vessels intended for service on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. They were also sometimes referre
USS Baron DeKalb in 1862
City-class ironclads in Illinois
The Submarine No. 7
City-class ironclads under construction at St. Louis, Missouri in 1861.
USS Cairo
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USS Cairo is the lead ship of the City-class casemate ironclads built at the beginning of the American Civil War to serve as river gunboats.
City-class ironclad
…incorporated into the Western Gunboat Flotilla. The seven gunboats in the class were named for cities on the Mississippi or its tributaries. They were: USS Cairo, Carondelet, Cincinnati, Louisville, Mound City, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis (later renamed USS Baron DeKalb). The first four Eads gunboats were built…
USS Cairo at anchor
USS Cairo in her final resting place at Vicksburg National Military Park. A wooden framework has been built to support what remains of the ship.
One of the cannons on the side of the Cairo. The framework for the paddlewheels is in the background.
Capstan of the Cairo, used to lift the anchor and to pull hawsers taut.