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During the Civil War, wooden ships were used. The ships the North built were used to blockade the South. The ships the South used were built to outrun the blockade. This all changed when the first ironclad, the Virginia, was made. It was unsinkable at the time. The North answered with the Monitor, and the two ships battled to a stalemate later in the war.
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∙ 14y agoThey were called "Ironclads" adding iron plating made them much more resitant to enemy cannons, however it also made them heavy and slow.
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What does the word ironclad have to do with the Civil War?
They could resist burning, withstand cannon fire, splinter wooden ships, and travel much faster than other ships. The speed of ironclads during the US Civil War is questionable in its relation to the speed of wooden warships.
What was the Norths Ironclad during the civil war?
The first ironclad of the North was the USS Monitor. Afterwards it built many ironclad ships, many based on the design of the Monitor.
What is the name for preventing ships in or out of a harbor during the Civil War?
Blockade
Were there any naval battles during the US Civil War?
Yes, there were naval battles; in fact, the first ironclad ships were invented during the Civil War.
What was the vessel that replaced the wooden steamship?
ironclad ships?
When was the first metal boat built?
The first metal battleships were made during theAmerican civil war by both sides simultaneously during their battle neither ship was destroyed but the North had a wooden ships destroyed. This showed that the metal ship was to be the future of warfare.
When did they stop making wooden ships?
They haven't stopped yet. However, the beginning of the end for wooden ships was the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac during the US Civil War. Although they were iron-clad wooden ships, the advantage of metal warships was apparent when bullets and cannon balls bounced off of them. There were many technological advances during the last quarter of the 19th century and by the end of the century no major country was building wooden warships.
What was a major problem with the post US Civil War monitor construction?
After the US Civil War monitor type warships were "ocean going" but had a construction flaw. They were built with lots of wood. As Ericsson designer predicted, the wood rotted and the ships were in decay. A dozen of these "wooden" monitors were built after the war.
How did the Minoans gain control of the Mediterranean sea?
They built faster ships with a large wooden beam in the prow to smash and sink enemy ships .
When was Wooden Ships created?
Wooden Ships was created in 1969.
What was forbidden aboard ships during the civil war?
Flogging was banned in 1862, during the Civil War. Many other things were banned aboard ships.
What kind of ships were used in the civil war?
Mostly wind propelled wooden ships. At the time of the civil war however, the navy began converting the old wood and sail ships to iron steamships. For much of the war, there was an equal mix of both.
What does the word ironclad have to do with the Civil War?
They could resist burning, withstand cannon fire, splinter wooden ships, and travel much faster than other ships. The speed of ironclads during the US Civil War is questionable in its relation to the speed of wooden warships.
What was the Norths Ironclad during the civil war?
The first ironclad of the North was the USS Monitor. Afterwards it built many ironclad ships, many based on the design of the Monitor.
What two naval revolution occured during the civil war?
The first use of a submarine to sink a warship occurred in the Civil War. The conflict between two ironclad ships occurred for the first time in the Americas during the Civil War; ironclads were already in use in Europe and had battled in the Adriatic.
What is the name for preventing ships in or out of a harbor during the Civil War?
Blockade
Liberty Ships?
Ships built using mass production methods that carried goods and troops during WWII.
