Inside The Worlds Only Full Scale Civil War Ironclad The CSS Neuse 11
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- I finally get to go inside the CSS Neuse 11 the worlds only full size replica Confederate Ironclad ship.and then to the Museum to se the original that was burned and sat in the rive for over 100 years. Hey Y'all welcome to my channel. Join me as I travel the Highways and Bi ways is search of Adventure where we will explore Roadside Attractions, Abandon Places, Museums, The Weird and Strange and maybe even a food review or two. I upload every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please Subscribe and click the bell so you wont miss anything. You can contact me by Email @ tdjm1234@hotmail.com
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Im glad they were able to save this ship. We need to do as much as we can to save these things from ruin. Great film thank you.
You ain’t whislin Dixie
This and thousands of other machines, factories and industrial bases- gone
The Packard Factory in Detroit Mich was a labyrinth of industrial architecture and machinery.
Gone
Steam town - gone
So many more
The old stuff was better and surpassed current engineering is some ways.
Of course War machine made in haste lacked available refinements.
Some trains and Ships of the time where really safe and luxurious.
Not to bad
That was a replica.
The engineering and design of this Ironclad is just amazing.
8.33 we are FIXING TO GO DOWN THE STREET
The outside kinda looks like today’s stealth ships.
I have toured the USS Cairo, the Union Ironclad in Vicksburg, it was sunk by a torpedo, what we now call a mine, and rested in the river mud for about a hundred years. It has a partial reconstruction and has a great museum there. I am fascinated by the Civil War and would love to visit the CSS Neuse someday!
I saw the Cairo 5 years ago when I visited the Vicksburg battlefield and national park. What immediately surprised me was the absolute immense size of the ironclad, I had no clue they were that immense......it's amazing that engineers way back then were able to build these incredible instruments of war.
The USS Cairo is a fantastic visit.
If I'm not mistaken. The Neuse was built in a CORNFIELD!! I also visited the Cairo on my birthday absolutely mind blowing that these ships engineered and built under some of the conditions at the time!! Must be seen to appreciate!!
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When you stop and consider how quickly some of these were put together, and the fact they even functioned is amazing. But can you imagine being the first wooden clad ship captain to see one of these things rolling across the top of the ocean at you? Or even worse really, watching that first Cannonball bounce off your target!
Hey pass me that cordless drill!!
I'm 70 years old. I worked on the river boats most my whole life. I cannot imagine how anyone could survive living on something like that. The head concussion from one of those big guns not to mention the Heat would kill a man. I wonder if they were on a six or a 12-hour watch?
Had to be a six hour watch as a twelve would be too much. You would be dehydrated with the steam engine running. I'd like to think the crew would be on the upper deck as much as possible to get fresh air
absolutely in the late 90s Florida Power & Light we're selling a small fleet of old coal shuffling boats that we're docked in Vicksburg Mississippi I stay down there for about a year and a half taking care of the boats I work 12 on 12 off got to see the Cairo. Got to metal detect some great spots around Vicksburg area I loved all the time I spent there and the people can't be beat!
Agreed- just unimaginable
Extremely dangerous
A standard watch back then (at least for seagoing vessels) was four on/four off. I'm pretty sure they spent as little time below as possible. On the Union Monitors, the crew lived, cooked and slept on deck, unless they were in action. I suspect they rotated the black gang (coal or wood heavers) pretty frequently underway. In 1907 the monitor USS Monterey (laid down in 1889) was crossing San Francisco Harbour when the entire black gang was overcome with heat prostration. They had to anchor until they could be brought on deck to recover.
This was state of the art back then. It was probably like crewing a B2 bomber…
How cool that there is a museum for that huge craft! Thank you for visiting here and sharing with us!
Looks quite stealthy… cannon ports look like phased arrays
Definitely- I could just guess it’s an epic struggle in its own right .
Thank you much! You help me 'travel' when I come home from a rough, painful day, of work with some overtime. I can relax and see things, that would be physically and fiscally difficult for me to see in person!
Back in '83, I was stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB. One of my outings, I went to visit the museum , ( when the ship was outdoors but under a roof.) A young lady from the museum took me inside the ship area and showed me some of the features, including an imbedded bullet from a Union attack during construction.
At that time, I was familiar with the Monitor and the Virginia, but I had no idea of other ironclads. That started me on the road to learning more of the Civil War and the ships constructed.
1883
One of my ancestors worked on the Monitor with haste to meet the Merrimack. Another ancestor a merchant ship captain watched the battle between the Ironclads.
I'd only heard about the two, but considering how important it was to control the waterways around the country, it would have surprised me if it would have remained at 2 indefinitely as they were both very difficult for other types of war ship to deal with.
So interesting. I have often wondered how the restoration was done. I visited in the early 70s while she was under a metal carport sort of structure. One of the workers gave me a small charred piece of her. I still have that displayed in my bookcase 50 years later.
How fortunate.
I thought he said this is a replica?
Maybe it was piece of the original?
@@bennylawrence6221 "charred"
@@bennylawrence6221 At the beginning it's the replica but at 9:47 he shows the remains of the actual Nuese inside the museum.
Considering the on-board heat levels and the poor ventilation CSS Neuse had it makes me think it really was more of a crew-served weapon than an actual live-aboard vessel. What I mean by that is it would only be manned when and if it was needed and for training purposes, the rest of the time it would be tied up to a dock with maybe a small watch detail on board.
I'm also struck by how much it looks like the "Stealth" ships the US Navy experimented with a few years back.
From what i have read i think it would be manned to carry out a mission
@@CAROLINATONY My thoughts exactly. It looks too crampled, poorly ventilated and uncomfortable to man full-time.
Crew served weapon is the perfect analogy actually......just a very large crew served weapon.
@@michaelbruce6190 Thanks! You know, jump ahead to the 20th Century and the German U-Boots had much of the "crew-served" weapon aspect about them. Crew accomodations were VERY rudimentary and the men had to make do as best they could. American subs were luxurious by comparison.
@@wayneantoniazzi2706 very true......those men in the U-boats were something special....85% of them never came home.
Thanks for that I wished the history channel would start showing stuff like that again
Fun seeing in in person
I was thinking they had three guns fore and aft, and wondered how they could fire without interfering with each other. I see now it was a single gun that could be aimed out of the bow ports and another gun at the stern ports. This must have been designed for river use only as most of those boats were fairly light to avoid hitting bars on the river bottom.
I thought that same thing. For the size that was a lot of weight.
Must have been for rivers only as most were built light to avoid sand bars? It wasn’t built light, and it was stuck for over a month on a sandbar. I’m alittle confused on what you mean. Also I didn’t know it was a single gun at the bow and stern either
It served entirely in the inner waterways of North Carolina and almost entirely at the city of Kinston as a floating battery
Actually a very innovative design and on the outside looks pretty modern.
i was thinking the same thing looks similar to the modern stealth ships. I always thought what if the south could have used it navy sooner in the war clearly they where years ahead of anything else. Not only with this ship but others that were never fully implemented during the war for various reasons. Guess it was murphy's law when you read about the failings.
I bet it has a low radar profile
Yes, it almost looks like the new USS Zumwalt -- the Navy's stealth super high-tech destroyer.
@@gsg7354 agreed
True! I live in Mobile and It looks a lot like some of the ships Austal is building for the Military today.
I'd like to see one that was recreated for reenactment use. How cool would it be to see it on a river firing cannons?
There was a reinactment in Plymouth. Theres a guy that did a show there a few years ago.... well many years ago ..
I had no idea they'd done this. I'm something of a Civil War buff and I've done a bit of study on the ironclads of the war. Seeing an actual Confederate one is quite interesting, even if it is a replica.
As an aside, I just watched a firearm-oriented video with Colion Noir interviewing a British guy with a pretty thick accent. That was nothing compared with this fellow. He had to say "boilers" three times before I got what he was referring to...at first all I heard was "bores."
My old US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer had Boiler Rooms where the temperature exceeded 120 degrees F. As a Corpsman I measured the temperature regularly, the B/T guys worked 12hr on 12hr off, not too many Heat Exhaustion cases though, I only dealt with two cases in a year, I cannot imagine conditions in the 1860's !!
Imagine the percussion and sound when firing the guns
Navies in those days sailors used hammocks instead of bunks, so as at action stations could be quickly folded away to allow quick transit through the ship!
Another great history lesson very cool the engineering that went into building a destroyer or gun ship in the past thanks for sharing this Tony very cool
Back in 93 I saw the remains of the ship, but my best memory of Kinston, NC White Owl Surplus with 2 M4 Sherman tanks for sale for only $32k...so needless to say 93 I have fond memories of Kinston both with the ship and the tanks
Back in the 90s I limbed in the tank at White Owls and was playing with the turrent.
If you went down the road past Little Baltimore there was Oappys Army Navy surplus. Man I soent hours in that place... Todd got a huge chunk of my paychecks for a while back then.
Looks like a modern stealth ship.
Furthermore, the Union ironclads were also appeared to look very stealthy and modern as well. I'm very pleased I'm not the only one who thinks this way about how advanced looking the Civil War Naval ships were. Talk about being ahead of their time.
Thank you so much for this great presentation. Amazing technology (the laying of wood timbers perpendicular to the layers just above... to provide extra strength to the ship's armor.)
History must be preserved! my dad a PhD in history would agree...great tour of historic ship
thanks
Than you for that, I will definitely go see that fine reproduction.. its beautifully done, and the museum also.....have you seen the CSS Hunley?
I know what working in 135 degrees is like. I worked in nuclear plants and we had to do containment entries under full power. The temperature inside was 135-140 degrees F and the humidity
was outrageous too! Having to work for hours in that heat would be worse than miserable.
What a beautiful replica
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Looks strangely modern. They did more damage pulling it out of the river than the Yankees ever could have.
Very cool for any history buffs out there, The Ironclads marked the change from wooden ships to Iron ships, so it truly is a significant piece of history!
Several former Union “Monitors” were sold to England and used as gunboats in World War I.
it sure is, Vicksburg is fascinating city that reeks of history and interest. and general Pemberton's headquarters building is still standing, . . . wow very cool.
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Wow, thanks for making that video .I didn’t no that that history was even preserved. Only iron clads I’ve ever heard of was the Merrimack and the monitor . Evidently there’s way more. So thanks again for making that video!! Pretty cool!!
Very cool! Always wonder what it was like inside. ⚓
i got lucky thankyou
Surprised there aren't protesters losing their minds for an exhibit involving the Confederacy.
Have you been a victim your whole life, or is it a recent thing?
@@texaswunderkind I'm not. The way things are today somewhere someone will take exception to everything, the sky being blue, the complain, blue is not inclusive enough. A natural history museum displaying the fossilized remains of dinosaurs, the complaint, "Why aren't there no fossilized remains of dinosaurs from the LGBT@@#$%×()>] community. Somewhere someone is going to complain about anything and everything, you point out absurdity by being absurd.
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Impressive video. Especially liked the inclusion of the recovery film, back in the day.
Apart from the chimney it could be a modern stealth ship with a really low radar profile. I bet it was tough on the inside with boilers and cannons in operation.
I thought so too!
Did they not make a model that actually floats in the river
Great video! The Confederate Navy, though small in comparison to the Union Navy, was truly remarkable for its technological innovations and logistical accomplishments. Thanks for sharing!
God rest Bobby Lee and those who served the south. God***n the politically correct who would dishonor their memory.
IMPRESSIVE ! A hearty WELL DONE ! to all who were involved in resurrecting this historic civil war vessel & it`s presentation. Great tour !
Thats for sure, the Cairo is very impressive..👍
Much thanks for an excellent tour of a vessel, and my admiration to the builder (s) of the replica. You both do the memory of the men who served aboard her proud.
Glad you enjoyed it
Just imagine what it would have looked like inside, with coal dust and ash, black powder smoke residue coating all surfaces, under the light of authentic kerosene lighting of the time. (adding its own smoke film to the inside) I imagine it was much less pleasant than the clean and well lit replica.
It looks quite similar to the most recent stealth ships of the U.S. Navy. Makes me wonder; if a modern power plant were used and modern electronics and armaments, could she be usable. Ha! Just a thought
The design and silhouette makes it look like a 21st Century gunboat. I wonder what the sailors of both sides thought when they caught a glimpse of her?
exactly my thought!!!!!
One side- confidence
The other side- fear
Thanks for sharing. Learned a lot.
She is a beauty. I remember when they were rebuilding her and finished her. My one regret is I never got to go on board her. Just pass by. Hopefully someday my wife and I can take a road trip back to my old stomping grounds. Go Indians!
I built a model of Albemarle from balsa, about two feet long. Looks the same. My smokestack may have been larger diameter. I had some brass naval canon I put inside as pivot guns. I used copper sheet with fake rivits on the outside.
I've been to Kinston and the CSS Neuse museum & replica twice. Both times the replica was closed so I couldn't get inside, so thanks for the video.
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Cool, never knew about this. Great job Tony.
I've been trying to get inside for years. It only open on Saturday
Nice video. Last time I saw the Neuse, she was rotting away under an open shed. Much as I loathe the Confederacy, I'm glad to see she's got a new home, and the reproduction is very cool. Who built it and when?
Awesome video - I did a video here in Newport News Va of the Monitor and the Merrimac - at the Mariners Museum
The CSS Virginia. The USS Merrimack was burned and scuttled/sunk as the USN abandoned Norfolk Navy Yards...therefore decommissioned. A newly commissioned ship was built upon her wrecked keel.
Looks like the Navy's new stealth warships
For you younger folks, The lighting was not electric. I would presume oil lamps were used. It would have been dark and smelly and very difficult to operate this ship. As this guy mentioned, it would have been intolerably hot in the boiler room.
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We have the U.S.S. Cairo Museum in Vicksburg. They tried to float her up in one piece. It was a disaster. They got a lot of steel,timbers and cannons, along with a ton of personal effects.
I went there during covid and they had it all locked down
@@CAROLINATONY That's a shame. Our National Military Park has over 1000, plaques/monuments and 35,000 Union graves.
How many guns on the ship?
2. 6.4 brooks rifled cannon
If you haven’t been up to The Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Virginia, you need to go. They have an amazing collection and display of artifacts from the USS Monitor, and a full-scale reproduction of the entire ship outside the museum building.
Tim you must be a mind reader. I went last week. Hopefully I'll have the video up soon
@@CAROLINATONY looking forward to that! I haven’t been there since 2009 and I’m sure a lot has changed.
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! Would truly love to visit!
One can imagine the stench in the interior of that ironclad from the sweating crew. The lack of ventilation, along with the oil burning lanterns for internal lighting, would add to the foul interior air.
I would have enjoyed seeing its steam engine.
Cool history lesson thanks for sharing Tony
Thanks for watching
Fascinating.. Good stuff.
Thanks for sharing . Very informative . I would like to check this place out sometime .
Original stealth ship..
My dad took me to see this in the late 60s. I did not want to leave. But they did not have the replica ship at that time. Guess I'll have to go back.
Where are the laser turrets?
Very interesting. Thanks!
How close is the design of the CSS Neuse to the CSN's original ironclad - the CSS Virginia? Is it an exact duplicate?
I saw the ship when it merely had a roof cover, and was open to the elements. Glad to see it’s been enclosed.
This is hilarious! The CSS Neuse NEVER FLOATED! The only purpose it ever served was to be a temporary dry dock! When my grandfather's sidewheel steamboat "Phillips" was holed by a stump, he ran his vessel into the sand filled hull to keep from sinking. He made repairs and went on up to seven springs. The only fight the Neuse had, was fighting to get enough water to float!
Some 50 years later, men would live and fight in very similar conditions on the first tanks and submarines in WWI. Heat, smoke, choking exhaust and toxic gases, poor ventilation, slow, dangerous, unreliable, and filled with explosives and flammables.
Interesting tour and tons of history 👍💕😊
Awesome amazing. Thanks! 😁👍 Is the deck really all iron or fiberglass? I do not see any rivets or wields. The original only the wood survived? Non of the metal all rusted away?
Amazing that they already had boats like that back then .
It looked quiet homie inside .
I would imagine it would of been dark in those day because they only had candel light. Thanks for watching
Homey looking, for sure, but I bet it was hot for sleeping most of the year!
The Confederacy had the most advanced designs for their ironclads, the Albemarle and the unfinished Dunderberg were some of my favorite designs !
No they didn’t, casemate ironclads were not advanced at all, the Union monitors meanwhile had turrets which actually were advanced technology of the time.
@@deeznoots6241 maybe he ment the actual look is more streamline as opposed the "Cheese Box Floating on a Cracker".
Very interesting. I thank you for your time Sir. Thumbs up video~John
Those later bunks you show are for officers…we Dutch do know more about Ships than you do… or what 😁🤗
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Simple technology of 1860s that can be upgraded to modern military use.. Just imagine
very interesting, thanks for sharing.
I suppose that it is time. For those of you unfamiliar with advanced technology and do not operate in that sphere, I will tell you that the naval engineers for both the U.S. Navy and C.S.A. Navy received technology downloads for a brief amount of time. This enabled them to plan and build what has come to be known as Ironclad warships. For the record, I am stating that I will never take my own life and that my vehicles are all in good working order. God bless!
They pulled up the Henley & brought it to Charleston harbor, & after a 100+ years took a look inside & saw "Re-elect Strom" written on the wall.
Amazing ingenuity. It’s unfortunate that we seem to waste it on efforts of war and destruction. Thanks for bringing us along.
“Waste “?
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”
John Stuart Mill
English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873)
You should be thankful for the Freedom that I and other men better than yourself have provided you through our military service. Some people do not deserve liberty. Perhaps you do not?
I have shared this video with my scale modeling club. I'm thinkin' ROADTRIP!
Was none of her iron casemate with her,when she was discovered?
With several wartime scrap drives after her sinking, I imagine anything that could be salvaged by brave souls...was. the remains of the case Jackson are in Columbus GA. I have been to that very nice museum. Definitely need to make a trip to this one.
Travel to Sea Girt, NJ, an look at the Intelligent Whale, an experimental submarine from the Civil War.
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I have an original large iron spike from the CSS Neuse plucked from her sometime in the 60s. Love that old boat.
Great effort, great video. Oops! a Confederate battle flag! Some poor snowflake is going to melt seeing that. HAHA
For the time it looks very modern on the outside. If it was equipped with modern armor propulsion and weapons it could be formidable. The shape would have very low radar signature
Wow, it had electric fans inside. Very advanced for the time !
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Sir: I will not stand idly by while you mock the efforts of brave men who fought for the right to marry their sisters! Good day to you, sir!
Stunning and brave!
The conditions on that thing would’ve been absolutely brutal. Did the CSA have methamphetamine?
I would give this a million thumbs up. What a treat. It's impressive that the superstructure was built like the newer Navy destroyers today that deflect radar, but then it was to deflect cannon. Great video.
I just saw the uss Monitor today. I should have that video up next week
If it was recovered today there would be a mob of clueless blue haired kids screaming and thrashing. It's sad how our society has faltered.
Thanks for the history lesson.
They lost, right?
Almost looks like a modern stealth vessel.. stunning
The design the CSA went with for their ironclads showed a distinct lack of foresight, or, invention.
at a first glance, I thougt it was a wooden LCS Freedom class modell..
Great history lesson thank you .
That's odd, I would expect to see a bowling alley in a bowler room, not a big iron boiler😏
If you took the stack off it would look like a modern day stealth ship.. like one of the US LCS ships
Wait there is no confederate iron clad replica anywhere outside the US? who knew..