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Piece of Civil War ironclad brought to surface in Savannah

She was scuttled rather than left to fall into Union hands during the war Now the ironclad must be moved so a shipping channel can be deepened She didn’t have enough power to maneuver and effectively ...
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Navy raises Confederate ironclad CSS Georgia to deepen Savannah harbor

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- After 150 years at the bottom of the Savannah River, the armored skeleton of the Confederate warship CSS Georgia is being raised to the surface one 5-ton chunk at a time. Navy divers ...
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On this day March 8: Hampton Roads battle ends wooden navy era forever

On March 8, 1862, Hampton Roads, Virginia, became the stage for a naval clash that would change warfare at sea forever. The Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (rebuilt from the captured Union scuttled ...
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The first battle between ironclad warships was a dud, but it changed naval warfare forever

A Currier and Ives lithograph of the battle between the Monitor and the Virginia.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images As dawn broke over Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March ...