Brown Water 2

Published April 16, 2014 at 900 × 721 in America’s First “Brown Water” Navy
The sloped casemate superstructure of the “City" class ironclads is evident in this view taken at the Union Marine Works in Carondelet, Missouri, September 1861. These shallow-draft vessels would be side-launched into the Mississippi. CHS 2013.225.18

The sloped casemate superstructure of the “City” class ironclads is evident in this view taken at the Union Marine Works in Carondelet, Missouri, September 1861. These shallow-draft vessels would be side-launched into the Mississippi. CHS 2013.225.18

The sloped casemate superstructure of the “City” class ironclads is evident in this view taken at the Union Marine Works in Carondelet, Missouri, September 1861. These shallow-draft vessels would be side-launched into the Mississippi. CHS 2013.225.18

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