Articles related to "Ironclads"

After the first ironclads proved themselves, it wasn't long before iron and then steel replaced wood as the primary material for ship construction.

The Civil War brought many technological advances, including the railroad and the telegraph. But the most lasting advance came in naval warfare.

Built on the same design of the USS Monitor, the Russalka guarded St Petersburg for 30 years

Hampton Roads has been the site of everything from the country's first English settlement to the building of nuclear powered ships to space flight training and research.

At one time on the cutting edge of naval development, the unlucky Russalka disappeared in 1893 without a trace.

Soft plastic fishing lures contribute to the marine debris problem found in lakes and oceans. There are alternatives available for soft lure baits.

The capture and occupation of New Orleans closed the Mississippi River to trade and shut down the prosperous cotton exports to Europe while fueling Northern morale.

The Ironclad Cairo was sunk during the US Civil War by two Confederate sailors and their homemade naval mines, ushering in a new era in naval warfare

Famous as the place where the American Civil War began in 1861, Fort Sumter saw much heavy fighting during the course of the war as part of the defenses of Charleston.

Never stronger than six hundred men, they fought as grey coated leathernecks to the honor of the Corps.

No famous people from Peru are more honored than Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian navy hero and the greatest of Peru heroes from the War of the Pacific.