USS Galena (1862)
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USS Galena was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship was initially assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and supporte
A drawing of Galena cleared for action in 1862
Galena, after 1864 refit as a wooden sloop
USS New Ironsides
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USS New Ironsides was a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship spent most of her career blockading the Confederate ports of Charlesto
USS Galena (1862)
…began two days later. The Ironclad Board initially accepted two of the sixteen designs submitted in early September, the armored frigate that became USS New Ironsides and Bushnell's design. The board required a guarantee from Bushnell that his ship would float despite the weight of its armor and he needed to have his…
USS New Ironsides under steam and sail
New Ironsides as she appeared on blockade duty
New Ironsides and monitors engaging Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, September 8, 1863
New Ironsides and five monitors engaging Forts Wagner and Gregg in Charleston Harbor, in what is one of the world's first combat action photographs, September 7, 1863