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Federal Iron Clad Ships
| Here are some great Civil War Photos, they are mostly of the Iron Clads of the Federal Navy. Beware some may be very large when clicked on and take a long time to download, depending on your connection. |
| By the end of the Civil War the US had one of the strongest navies in the world. |
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This picture is from a drawing of the Merrimac in dry dock being turned into the Confederate Iron Clad the Virginia. Source: US Navy |
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Officers of the Monitor Source: US Navy |
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Picture from an artwork showing battle between the Virginia (Merrimac) and Monitor. Source: US Navy |
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Crewman of the Monitor. Source: US Navy |
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USS Carondelet (1862-1865) Source: US Navy |
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USS Carondelet Rear View Source: US Navy |
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USS Black Hawk (1862-1865) Source: US Navy |
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USS Tyler (1861-1865) Source: US Navy |
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It is not commonly known but their were more than one Monitor type ship produced. Here you see two more of them, the Montauk and the Lehigh tied up at a dock. Source: US Navy |
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Here are four more Monitor type ships tied up in the Washington D.C. Naval Yard. Source: US Navy |
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USS Cincinnati (1862-1865). Notice how the paddle wheel has moved to the inside of the iron clad. Source: US Navy |
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USS Benton (1862-1865) Off Natchez, Mississippi, in July 1864, with a tugboat alongside her starboard quarter Source: US Navy |
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USS Pittsburg (1862-1865) On one of the Western Rivers, during the
Civil War. Source: US Navy |
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USS Choctaw (1863-1866) Off Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863-65. Source: US Navy |
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USS Ouachita (1864-1865) On the Western Rivers during the Civil War. Source: US Navy |
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USS General Price (1863-1865) Off Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 18 January
1864, with USS Lexington in the left background. |