Riverine Ironclads, Submarines, and Aircraft Carriers of the American Civil War.

by Patrick Stakem

This book is an overview of the Civil War ironclads that changed Naval Warfare forever. It focuses mainly on those ships designed and deployed on inland rivers. The day of the wooden ship, even updated with steam engines to replace sails, was coming to an end. The heavier cannon was prevailing over sturdy oak timbers. Offense was surging ahead of defense. Even in the Revolutionary war, wooden ships fell to hot-shot, cannon balls heated to red heat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1089379285
• ISBN13: 9781089379287
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"