vikingbear
Corporal
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2014
- Location
- New Hampshire
Hi all
Taking a breather from doing a search. But not all bad, have rediscovered info forget I had. Now if I can only get my printer to stop printing out of order.......oh well.
Do not know if this has been brought up before........While digging came across a note that I wrote to my self, who knows how long ago......
Under the US set up. the Army is in charge of harbor def. Fts,batteries and also floating batteries and gunboats. There were plans long established, that were modified when steam came along. The Army then added steam rams to the defense system. First steam rams conversions of merchant ships , then newly designed rams were to be built for harbor. The row barges were now various designs of steam Gunboats ( in 1836 a attempt was made to build small sq's of 2 gun GB's) from Maine down to the south.torpedoes were also to be used.
So when the ACW came along, and northern Gov's were writing letters to Wells for Mon's to guard their harbors , he was able to keep the ships were he wanted them.(off the southern coast0.
So when the Va. came steaming out towards the Union fleet. the Army was ready. Three of their largest transports were fitted as rams, maned by special crews, all three were to attack all at once.......but as you know, no rams set out that day. They sat and watched the blood bath....
So does any one know would this plan have worked? This was before the Va. was up armored. Then if not, why? (thought just crossed my mind, if the past, there has been a lot of ink (old expression) spent on trying to fight out a war of US & UK.) A number of plans talked about attacking/fighting bow on, fitting out rams this way was talked about. The President did also, saying something like "every thing for speed". So this type would be used,
straw clads were talked about in 1836, cottonclads around 1845. The monitors were designed to be used as rams also.......... Sorry brain running on.....
Time to look up those transports. Grizz
Taking a breather from doing a search. But not all bad, have rediscovered info forget I had. Now if I can only get my printer to stop printing out of order.......oh well.
Do not know if this has been brought up before........While digging came across a note that I wrote to my self, who knows how long ago......
Under the US set up. the Army is in charge of harbor def. Fts,batteries and also floating batteries and gunboats. There were plans long established, that were modified when steam came along. The Army then added steam rams to the defense system. First steam rams conversions of merchant ships , then newly designed rams were to be built for harbor. The row barges were now various designs of steam Gunboats ( in 1836 a attempt was made to build small sq's of 2 gun GB's) from Maine down to the south.torpedoes were also to be used.
So when the ACW came along, and northern Gov's were writing letters to Wells for Mon's to guard their harbors , he was able to keep the ships were he wanted them.(off the southern coast0.
So when the Va. came steaming out towards the Union fleet. the Army was ready. Three of their largest transports were fitted as rams, maned by special crews, all three were to attack all at once.......but as you know, no rams set out that day. They sat and watched the blood bath....
So does any one know would this plan have worked? This was before the Va. was up armored. Then if not, why? (thought just crossed my mind, if the past, there has been a lot of ink (old expression) spent on trying to fight out a war of US & UK.) A number of plans talked about attacking/fighting bow on, fitting out rams this way was talked about. The President did also, saying something like "every thing for speed". So this type would be used,
straw clads were talked about in 1836, cottonclads around 1845. The monitors were designed to be used as rams also.......... Sorry brain running on.....
Time to look up those transports. Grizz