Duel of the Ironclads: USS Monitor & CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads 1862 (Osprey General Military)КНИГИ » ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ
Название: Duel of the Ironclads: USS Monitor & CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads 1862 Автор: Angus Konstam, Tony Bryan Издательство: Osprey Publishing Серия: Osprey General Military ISBN: 1841767212 Год издания: 2003 Язык: English Cтраниц: 200 Формат: PDF Размер: 140,6 MB
Previously published in three separate volumes as Campaign 103: Hampton Roads 1862, New Vanguard 41: Confederate Ironclad 1861-65 and New Vanguard 45: Union Monitor 1861-65. When the ironclad USS Monitor steamed out to meet the CSS Virginia on 9 March 1862, the face of naval warfare was changed forever. A four-hour duel left neither ship victorious, but in the wake of the battle wooden warships were rendered obsolete. This book details the clash at Hampton Roads, as well as tracing the development of ironclads within the Union and Confederate fleets. Union ironclads evolved quickly from the time of the production of the Monitor, so that by the end of the war the US Navy possessed the most powerful artillery afloat. The Confederate fleet, meanwhile, was born out of the hulks of existing vessels in naval yards and backwaters within sight of the enemy its very existence was a tribute to the ingenuity of Southern shipbuilders.
Rise of the Ironclads Название: Rise of the Ironclads Автор: George F. Amadon Издательство: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company Год: 1988 Формат: PDF Страниц: 82...