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What ships did the Union and Confederate navies experimented with?
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∙ 14y ago
They really developed the Iron Clads, the forerunners of the modern ships with armored sides. Submarines were also experimented with, the Confederates having a submarine that successfully attacked a Union ship, but then sank with all hands.
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How many union ships were sunk by confederate torpedoes?
It is estimated that about 22 Union ships were sunk by Confederate torpedoes. There were also about 12 ships that were seriously damaged by torpedoes.
What were the cause and effects of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter?
Cause: Union ships were going to take supplies to the Fort when Confederate forces attacked the supply ships. Effect: The Civil War began
What was the Union's strategy in the war at sea?
To blockade the Confederate Ports, intercepting the blockade runners and hunt down the Confederate cruisers, which were trying to capture or sink the Union merchant ships, throughout the seas.
What did the union use submarines for?
The union used there only submarine to combat the hunley that the confederate built.but it also would have ben used to stack confederate ships and ports along tge coast
What is the plural possessive form of navy?
The plural form for the noun navy is navies; the plural possessive form is navies'.
What role did Raphael Semmes play in the US Civil War?
The Confederate navy was small during the US Civil War. Despite that, Confederate warships hampered the Union's naval efforts by sinking a good number of Union cargo ships and warships too. Captain Raphael Semmes was a leading Confederate officer in the war. During his time with the Southern navy, the ships under his command sank or captured over eighty Union ships. His most successful warship was the CSS Alabama.
The Union Navy enforced what to stop trade in Southern seaports?
A blockade NEW RESPONDENT The blockade and the hunting of the Confederate cruisers attacking the Union merchant ships.
Is submarines still used today and how?
Submarines are still used by many navies to watch other navies ships and to protect coastlines secretly.
Why did the union place ships all around the new confederate state of america?
To stop them exporting their cotton in exchange for war-supplies.
Why were Confederate and Union navies important in the US Civil War?
For all practical purposes, the Confederacy had no navy in the US Civil War. The South had built a small number of river gunboats to help protect Confederate interests on the interior waterways. They bought a number of sleek and fast cruisers from England. These ships made use of their speed to sink Union cargo vessels whenever possible.The Union's fleet was small when the war began. They quickly built warships and gunboats. The warships were successful to a measurable degree in blockading Southern trading ports. Their gunboat fleets assisted the Union's army in the interior waterways of the South.
What was the purpose of the South's CSS Alabama?
The CSS Alabama was built for the Confederate States of America. It became a deadly menace for Union shipping during the US Civil War. The ship was assigned to seize or sink Union cargo vessels. and inflict damage to the Union's economy. Almost 70 Union cargo ships were sunk by this Confederate warship.
What was the unions strategy in the Battle of Vicksburg?
To blockade the Confederate Ports, intercepting the blockade runners and hunt down the Confederate cruisers, which were trying to capture or sink the Union merchant ships, throughout the seas.
