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rangerrebew

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USS Cairo Gunboat
« on: March 20, 2016, 03:00:15 pm »
USS Cairo Gunboat
USS Cairo Gunboat

 http://www.nps.gov/vick/learn/historyculture/uss-cairo-gunboat.htm

NPS Photo
USS Cairo

Ironclad River Gunboat: City Class

Commissioned: January 16, 1862

Torpedoed and Sunk: December 12, 1862

Raised: December 12, 1964
 
Explosion Sinks the USS Cairo

100 Years on the Bottom

Armor — Iron Plating on the USS Cairo

Thirteen BIG Guns

Capstan

Fire Tube Boilers

Paddlewheel
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Re: USS Cairo Gunboat
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2016, 03:03:46 pm »
If you are ever around Vicksburg and like seeing how such historical ships were made for the Civil War, it is imperative you stop and see this exhibit.  It has been restored so that the internal structure is what is viewable and shows what can be done in terms of history with enough care, time, and money.