Very interesting video. However theres a couple things to be corrected. USS Cairo was built in Mounds Illinois, not St Louis. Ironically the USS Mounds WAS built in St Louis. Also "Cairo" isnt pronounced like the city in Egypt ( KYro ) , they Pronounce it cAIRo. Something that I bet the Museum doesnt know.
City Class Iron-Clads are the oft cited Civil War Navy vessels. I Would love to see a sister video about the Tin-Clad Gunboats (boiler plate clad to protect against musketry) that accompanied Iron Clads in the Western Rivers, especially the Mississippi River Squadron. See: "E. J. Huling, Reminiscences of Gunboat Life in the Mississippi Squadron. Private circulation. 1881 (Library of Congress)" in which a ship of genealogical interest is the USS Nymph 1864-1865. Hurling provides lasting word images of a Union Sailor's life while serving on Tin-Clad ships from the ports of Cairo (MIss. River) and Mound City (Ohio River).
They used hydrogen manufactured in the field by dripping sulfuric acid onto iron filings. Natural gas, (methane) doesn't have enough lifting capacity to work. It's barely half as heavy as air whereas hydrogen is less than a tenth as heavy, five times more lifting capacity.
A wonderful video as always
Looks like the algorithm has blessed me with some naval history today
I don't know why, but I've always loved the designs of Chuck War era iron clads.
They almost look futuristic!
Very interesting video. However theres a couple things to be corrected. USS Cairo was built in Mounds Illinois, not St Louis. Ironically the USS Mounds WAS built in St Louis. Also "Cairo" isnt pronounced like the city in Egypt ( KYro ) , they Pronounce it cAIRo. Something that I bet the Museum doesnt know.
Thanks for the video. How do you think the Cairo would have fared in a theoretical fight against the Monitor or the Virginia?
City Class Iron-Clads are the oft cited Civil War Navy vessels. I Would love to see a sister video about the Tin-Clad Gunboats (boiler plate clad to protect against musketry) that accompanied Iron Clads in the Western Rivers, especially the Mississippi River Squadron. See: "E. J. Huling, Reminiscences of Gunboat Life in the Mississippi Squadron. Private circulation. 1881 (Library of Congress)" in which a ship of genealogical interest is the USS Nymph 1864-1865. Hurling provides lasting word images of a Union Sailor's life while serving on Tin-Clad ships from the ports of Cairo (MIss. River) and Mound City (Ohio River).
Great video but your voice cuts out in the right channel at around 3'27"
thought i was goin crazy.
I thought the CSS Manassas was a private endeavor?
They did not use hot air balloons. Natural gas was the lifting material of choice which is less flammable than hydrogen.
They used hydrogen manufactured in the field by dripping sulfuric acid onto iron filings. Natural gas, (methane) doesn't have enough lifting capacity to work. It's barely half as heavy as air whereas hydrogen is less than a tenth as heavy, five times more lifting capacity.
How wrong can you be. Ironclad ships was pionered in England and France with HMS Warrior being the first and she was build before the US civil war
Whoopee! How about first ironclads used in battle? Is that good enough for you?