georgew
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2010
- Location
- southern california
Could one or more of those "blotches" be coaling ports? On some of the southern ironclads you wonder how they handled coaling and victualing. If Rebel's description of her ironing is correct then perhaps it would be easier to modify the casemate than we generally thought. I assume that the USN acquired most of the extra gear for Atlanta with her capture (awnings, etc). I also wonder where the fittings were for a donkey boiler and engine for pumps which should have come with the donor vessel.I don't believe all of those blotches are gunports. From left to right, I see a blotch, a port with the muzzle of a gun run out through it, a closed port, and two blotches, one of which must be a gunport. We need a clearer image of the port side.