georgew
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 1, 2010
- Location
- southern california
There were a number of interesting features in the Keokuk as well as small displacement with heavy ordnance that seem applicable to use on inland waterways. In particular, her gun houses were high enough to allow them to fire down into field fortifications and heavy enough to severely damage most riverine vessels of the period. Her ironing was marginal, essentially in a tin-clad class, sort of a classic "eggshell armed with sledgehammers".