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 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
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
USS New Ironsides
…designer John Ericsson's guarantee of delivery in 100 days proved to be decisive in choosing his design despite the risk involved. The wooden-hulled USS Galena's most novel feature was her armor of interlocking iron rails. The New Ironsides was much influenced by the French ironclad Gloire and was the most…
A drawing of Galena cleared for action in 1862
Galena, after 1864 refit as a wooden sloop