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Brian Sweeney
04-02-2010, 18:20
CSS Albemarle
http://ziforums.com/picture.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2398

USS Monitor

http://ziforums.com/picture.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2399

CSS Merrimac

http://ziforums.com/picture.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2386
Brian Sweeney
04-13-2010, 10:59
From the Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus Georgia. Photography Permitted of all exhibits, just do not use flash for Displays of Flags, as posted.

http://ziforums.com/picture.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2458

http://ziforums.com/picture.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2459

http://ziforums.com/picture.php?albumid=230&pictureid=2460
newspaperguy
04-20-2010, 02:37
Beautiful collection Brian, you've brought them to life.
paulfish4570
04-20-2010, 04:47
wow. what a diorama ...
Brian Sweeney
04-20-2010, 06:28
This Museum is well worth visiting. When I was a kid in Columbus, GA, we drove by the raised hulls of these confederate ironclads. They were salvaged from the Muscogee River ~1960. It's wonderful to see a full Museum built around them.

http://www.portcolumbus.org/
biomed
05-19-2010, 08:46
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/69709324_b7bb190860_b.jpg
elmer3.5
05-19-2010, 13:13
Hi, for you to know, a pair of Yank monitors were sold to the peruvian navy after the end of the secession war, due to their low profile they travelled very slowly. The journey to Peru lasted almost for a year from the atlantic coast of usa to the port of Callao in that country.

Then in the Pacific War between Chile and Peru, those two monitors now called Manco Capac and Atahualpa succeded in keeping our battleships from gunnig the city of Arica, they had very large guns but couldnīt move to make war in the open sea.

At last that city-port was taken through land attack but never through sea, those monitors were sunken by their crews and now rest in the shallow waters of Aricaīs bay.

Bye!
Brian Sweeney
05-19-2010, 13:34
elmer3.5- what a great story! Thankyou for posting it.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/01/oneota.htm
greyelm
05-19-2010, 13:56
Admiral Nelson's flagship HMS Victory


http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll110/Greyelm/Victory.jpg
rover
05-19-2010, 14:07
I am thinking this thread needs some fire power

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2770354847_67acced9a7_o.jpg
dazedgonebye
05-19-2010, 14:16
Turning skimmers in to submarines....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3018/2560432459_0719767bb3_b.jpg
HoodedOne
05-19-2010, 15:10
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4580439609_4d8074616d_o.jpg
elmer3.5
05-19-2010, 17:05
Great link Brian!

Check on this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu%C3%A1scar_(ship)

Huascar is a monitor that belonged to peru, during the pacific war against this country, this extraordinary warship with his extraordinary commander made things almost impossible to the chilean war efforts.
After being chased by two more powerful but slower chilean battleships it was captured and put into national service, until today it`s fonded at the naval base of Talcahuano, south of chile.

It`s quite special since it`s one of the few surviving and almost usable monitor.
It`s history is surrounded by brave names and events from peru and chile and its regarded until today as a matter of relative conflict tween our nations.

Bye!