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The South's first ironclad warship was the CSS Virginia. This vessel was constructed from a sunken Union ship the USS Merrimack. The Confederates retooled the ship, added much armor and became the first ironclad warship of the US Civil War.
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What was the North's iron clad ship called?
The USS Monitor.
What is the name of the iron clad ship for the confederacy?
marimack
What is the definition of a ironclad?
An ironclad is a wooden-hulled water-going vessel which is covered in whole or in part by iron, serving as armor. Since the hull is clad in iron, it was called an ironclad ship.
What is an iorn clad ship?
A warship built of iron or steel, or plated (over it's wooden hull) with steel/iron plates.
What technology was a first for the iron-clad USS Monitor besides the turrent?
Answer The USS Monitor was the first ship to have a flushing toilet that was mounted below the water line.
was there a ship called iron maiden?
There are lots of ships named Iron Maiden about.
What was the name of the confederate iron ship called the?
Ironclad
What would a 24 gun ship be clad?
Yes, but often with oak, not metal.
Was old ironsides a ship in the civil war?
No old Iron sides was a ship used in the war of 1812. A British cannon ball hit the side of the ship on freshly cut replacement board. The board was strong enough to with hold the shock of the cannon ball. A sailor on the that ship called her "old Iron sides" from then on.
What was the ironclad battle ship?
During the 1800's wooden warships plated with iron were called "iron-clads." By 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, Russian sailors still called their all steel built battleships "iron-clads."
What do you call a ship that has been reinforced with iron plating?
Iron clads.
Can a iron ship float?
Yes
