tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post548600535139114098..comments2023-12-04T14:35:49.198-05:00Comments on Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial: The U.S. Navy's Newest Weapon-USS New IronsidesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520357948612296575noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post-38009932800576133872012-12-05T15:21:57.471-05:002012-12-05T15:21:57.471-05:00Short answer: no. Discussed at some length in W.H....Short answer: no. Discussed at some length in W.H.Roberts, _USS New Ironsides in the Civil War_ (Naval Institute Press).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360721195242669735.post-65734953874141039762012-09-26T15:07:04.148-04:002012-09-26T15:07:04.148-04:00Nice article. I've always had interest in New...Nice article. I've always had interest in New Iron Sides, and it doesn't have the loud historical footprint that the Monitor or Virgina (Merrimack) had. Those two "prototypes" essentially set the standard model for both respective sides (Union/Confederate) ironclad designs for the rest of the war. While New Iron Sides, which was a far more standard design, kind of gets forgotten in the hubbub. Oddly, it has an interesting aspect to it from a "what if" standpoint as it is the one example of the US building an ironclad of similar ilk to La Gloire and Warrior and the standard European model of the time. Was the New Ironsides design capable of holding up against the European ironclad arms race? It's an interesting question.Johnny Biacofskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579459829864889565noreply@blogger.com