USS Dunderberg - Wikipedia
WEBDunderberg, which is a Swedish word meaning "thunder(ing) mountain", [1] was an ocean-going casemate ironclad of 14 guns built for the Union Navy. She resembled an enlarged, two-masted version of the Confederate casemate ironclad CSS Virginia.
Coastal Ironclads Other Than Monitors - The Mariners' Museum …
WEBJan 24, 2022 · William H. Webb Shipyard of New York produced a version of an ocean-going ironclad known as Dunderberg (meaning thundering mountain in Swedish). Although started in 1862, it was not completed until after the war.
Dunderberg - NHHC
WEBDunderberg, an ironclad screw frigate of 16 guns, was built by W. H. Webb, New York, N.Y., and was launched on 2 March 1865. She was never commissioned, and in 1867, in accordance with the Navy's...
William H. Webb - Wikipedia
WEBWebb designed some of the fastest and most successful sailing packets and clipper ships ever built, and he also built some of the largest and most celebrated steamboats and steamships of his era, including the giant ironclad USS Dunderberg, in its day the world's longest wooden-hulled ship.
USS Dunderberg - Old Thundering Mountain | Proceedings
WEBDisplacing 7,000 tons, Dunderberg had a length of 380 feet, including a huge ram fifty feet long, a beam of some 72 feet and a draft of 21 feet. Her single-screw propeller, 21 feet in diameter, was mounted on a shaft eighteen inches in diameter and 118 feet long.
USS Dunderberg Casemate Ocean-Going Ironclad Warship - Military Factory
WEBJul 6, 2018 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the USS Dunderberg Casemate Ocean-Going Ironclad Warship including pictures.
USS Dunderberg: Photos, History, Specification
WEBHistory of the USS Dundberg. The American Civil War (1861-1865) provided for a commitment to maritime supremacy and land warfare. Both sides understand the importance of access to the Atlantic for British supplies, …
If You Went to California in 1849, You Were Probably on One of …
WEBJun 19, 2018 · During the American Civil War, Webb’s shipyard constructed the giant ironclad USS Dunderberg for the Union Navy. This vessel was not ready for service until after the war ended, but she still earned acclaim as the longest wooden-hulled ship built up to …
USS Dunderberg - Wikiwand
WEBDunderberg, which is a Swedish word meaning "thunder(ing) mountain", was an ocean-going casemate ironclad of 14 guns built for the Union Navy. She resembled an enlarged, two-masted version of the Confederate casemate ironclad CSS Virginia.
USS Dunderberg – laststandonzombieisland
WEBJun 3, 2020 · Here we see the envisioned Union Navy ironclad screw ram USS Dunderberg in a late Civil War-era lithograph. Such an impressive vessel, completed during perhaps the most significant “modern” war of the mid-19th Century, should have been the stuff of legend, yet today is virtually unknown.
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