Civil War

Coastal Ironclads Other Than Monitors

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Inventor John Ericsson, ca. 1862. Photographer unknown.
Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command # NH 305.

The American Civil War is often considered the first 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.

在19世纪上半叶，Seapower的支持者见证了军械，动力和船舶设计的重大变化。海军同盟秘书史蒂芬·罗素·马洛里（Stephen Russell Mallory）是第一个认识到，迄今为止需要在海军服务中未知的新船只。马洛里（Mallory）知道拥有一艘装甲船是第一必要的问题。然后，问题乞求一个答案：南方农业人如何创造这样的军舰？[1]Read more

Civil War

Wassaw Sound和CSS亚特兰大战役

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CSS亚特兰大的草图。Robert G. Skerrett，艺术家。
Date unknown. The Mariners’ Museum # PNc0001.

The CSS亚特兰大was an ironclad transformation effort which used the iron-hull and Scottish-built engines of SSFingal to fashion one of the Confederacy’s most powerful warships. The ironclad; however, had a deep draft which limited its operational area below Savannah. This coupled with a very rash and impetuous captain, Commander William Webb, resulted in亚特兰大’s capture in a brief engagement with the monitors USSWeehawkenand USSNahant. The ironclad soon became the USS亚特兰大and served until 1865 in the James River. It was later sold to Haiti and floundered en route without a trace.

SSFingal

The亚特兰大had its genesis from the merchant ship SSFingal. This merchant ship was constructed at the J & G Thomson’s Clyde Bank Iron Shipyard at Govan in Glasgow, Scotland. TheFingal’s dimensions were:Read more

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1862年12月31日

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在1862年的这一天，美国监视器在暴风雨中，北卡罗来纳州哈特拉斯角下的海浪滑动。那天晚上，有62名船员中有16人迷路了。这些人被美国救出罗德岛（Rhode Island）将面对新的一年，他们对那些被凶猛的海浪扫除甲板的人，而这些人沉没时被困在铁克中。

Staff here at the museum will have the监视器全体人员in their thoughts today. Emails and conversations between friends and colleagues will inevitably mention them. So will some newspapers, Facebook pages and twitter posts. Many of us will stop by the Conservation Lab’s observation deck and look down at the large artifacts undergoing treatment in their water filled tanks. The engine, condenser, cannons, cannon carriages and the turret where the skeletons of two men were found. While still unidentified, these men now rest at Arlington National Cemetery and forensic reconstructions of their skulls are sitting not far from the pieces of their beloved ship. All mute reminders that accidents at sea have claimed, and still continue to claim lives.Read more

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返回星期三

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Sept 1974, Soviet scientists being shown the Crabtree models by August F. Crabtree

Our first image this month shows a group of Russian Scientists getting a tour of the museum in September of 1974. The man second to the left is August Crabtree, who made a number of beautiful models that are currently on display in our galleries, and is showing one of them to the group in the picture. We also have anonline exhibitionfor those who cannot make it to the museum.

Here we have the museum’s six millionth visitor receiving a present from Director William Wilkinson on September 11, 1972. In the background is a painting of Hornet (CV-8), a United States Aircraft Carrier. The painting was done by Thomas C. Skinner, museum artist, ca 1942-1958.Read more

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