Ironclad hope runs aground.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)

From: The Washington Times | Date: September 2, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Jack Trammell, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Confederate government under the leadership of Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory embarked on an ambitious shipbuilding program that included construction of about 50 ironclad gunboats, 22 of which were officially commissioned. Only the hull of one, the CSS Neuse, still exists, at a museum in Kinston, N.C., and the story of its short career is illustrative of the obstacles that hindered the entire ironclad pro...

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