itor was completed and the roof was formed by an iron grating. Her was to be waged, this fleet was altogether inadequate, and launched and dispatched to Southern waters. None armament consisted of two 7 inch rifled guns pivotally and the government strained every nerve by building mounted fore and… … the world. It may without exaggeration be said that this little vessel was the father of the modern battleship, CUT OF THE CONFEDERATE IRONCLAD MERRIMAC. whether it be a Massachusetts, a Majestic, or a Charle- Drawn for the Scientific American from descriptions furnished by a mechanic who assisted…
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