USS ALASKA
Major
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2016
16 Sept 1861
A board appointed by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles recommends the construction of the first three ironclads—Galena, Monitor, and New Ironsides. The board consisted of senior naval officers Commodore Joseph Smith, Commodore Hiram Paulding, Commander Charles H. Davis and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Fox. The US Ironclad Board recommended the construction of new ironclad vessels of light draught and floating batteries for river and harbour service. The Board approved the construction of three new designs of ironclad warships (USS Monitor, USS Galena, and USS New Ironsides). These ships and the designs that followed revolutionized naval warfare.
To go with book and paper - https://civilwartalk.com/threads/th...complex-1847-1883-by-dr-kurt-hackemer.158800/
General plan of the Monitor published in 1862, showing the ship's inboard profile, plan view below the upper deck and hull cross sections through the engine and boiler spaces. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 50954.
Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting USS Galena's midship's hull section, the arrangement of her horizontally-laid interlocking side armor, and one of her armored gun ports. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58862.
Photograph, somewhat re-touched, taken during the Civil War era, while USS New Ironsides was carrying full sail rig. Courtesy of the US Marine Corps Historical Center, Personal Papers Section: Collection of Henry Clay Cochrane. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 96018
Cheers,
USS ALASKA
A board appointed by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles recommends the construction of the first three ironclads—Galena, Monitor, and New Ironsides. The board consisted of senior naval officers Commodore Joseph Smith, Commodore Hiram Paulding, Commander Charles H. Davis and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Fox. The US Ironclad Board recommended the construction of new ironclad vessels of light draught and floating batteries for river and harbour service. The Board approved the construction of three new designs of ironclad warships (USS Monitor, USS Galena, and USS New Ironsides). These ships and the designs that followed revolutionized naval warfare.
To go with book and paper - https://civilwartalk.com/threads/th...complex-1847-1883-by-dr-kurt-hackemer.158800/
General plan of the Monitor published in 1862, showing the ship's inboard profile, plan view below the upper deck and hull cross sections through the engine and boiler spaces. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. USNHC # NH 50954.
Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", 1862, depicting USS Galena's midship's hull section, the arrangement of her horizontally-laid interlocking side armor, and one of her armored gun ports. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 58862.
Photograph, somewhat re-touched, taken during the Civil War era, while USS New Ironsides was carrying full sail rig. Courtesy of the US Marine Corps Historical Center, Personal Papers Section: Collection of Henry Clay Cochrane. US Navy History and Heritage Command photo # NH 96018
Cheers,
USS ALASKA
Bringing the