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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.
USS Cairo at anchor
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.
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.
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.
Capstan of the Cairo, used to lift the anchor and to pull hawsers taut.
CSS Neuse
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CSS Neuse was a steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate States Navy that served in the latter part the American Civil War and was eventually scuttled in the Neuse River to avoid capture by rapid
USS Cairo
…elements, bird droppings, and vandalism. There are only three other surviving Civil War-era ironclads in existence in addition to the Cairo: USS Monitor, CSS Neuse, and CSS Muscogee. Anaconda Plan…
Lower hull of CSS Neuse
Lower hull of CSS Neuse
Model of CSS Neuse
Model of CSS Neuse
The Neuse II replica
The Neuse II replica