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Friday, July 25, 2014

Mariner's Museum - Ironclads

The proverbial crown jewels of this museum are the exhibits focusing on the Civil War era Ironclad ships and the circumstances surrounding the implementation of these warfare changing vessels. The exhibits were first class and getting to see the actual turret/engines/and other artifacts was worth the price of admission.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Legendary Battles

I bet the crews of these ships didn't wake up the morning of the battle thinking they'd become infamous... I don't think it gets any more legendary than this fight between ironclads.