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Why do you think south would have benefited from having more ironclad ships?
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∙ 11y ago
They could beat the US. Navy war breaking the blockade of their ports and attempt to attack the Union ports.
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What were the to ironclad ships in the civil war?
The Merrimac(the south's ship) and the Monitor(the North's ship)
What feature made the new warships developed by the south dangerous to the union navy?
ironclad ships
Did the south have a formal navy?
In the American Civil War, the South did not have a formal navy. It had some naval ships but it never organized them into a fleet. The Merrimac was its first ironclad. The Neuse was its only ironclad that survived the entire war. It built several submarines.
Civil war what was the ironclad battleship?
Ships that were plated with iron. Famous ones are the Merrimack and the Monitor. The invention of the ironclad scared Europe, seeing they did not have that technology. Cannon balls just bounced off of the ships. The south came up with these first, but then the North made a better version with 40+ patented items, including the rotating turret.
Ironclad ship of the south?
Virginia
What were some of the ways the south during the civil war dealt with its economic squeeze?
The north had the entire south blackaded by union warships so the south built small fast ships to get around them and export their supplies. However, they still couldn't much out soy they built an ironclad ship named the Virginia to estroy the blockade set by the North. They succeeded in destroying two union ships before the union destroyed the Virginia using a ironclad of their own.
What is the name of the South's ironclad ship in the Civil War?
The CSS Virginia, formerly the USS Merrimack, was but one of the Confederate ironclads. It is famous from the Battle of Hampton Roads with the USS Monitor. This was the first ever clash between two ironclad ships. The battle occurred March 9th, 1862.
What cabinet position did stephen mallory hold?
Stephen Mallory of Florida held the post of Confederate Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War. He was responsible for the creation of the South's navy including the Ironclad ships.
Ironclad civil war who won north or south?
inconclusive
What did The south developed the ironclad technology to do?
Weaken the Northern blockade.
Who used the first ironclad warship in the civil war?
The answer to that is the south.
Why did the South developed ironclad technology?
weaken the nothern blockade
