Uss New Ironsides in the Civil War: William H. Roberts [Hardcover]

William H. Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999

The dramatic story of America's first seagoing ironclad from inception in 1861 through the assault against Fort Fisher in 1865.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr; First Edition edition (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557506957
• ISBN-13: 978-1557506955
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,475,285 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars USS New Ironsides, January 31, 2000

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This review is from: Uss New Ironsides in the Civil War: William H. Roberts (Hardcover)

Despite being an excellent source on the construction and operations of this unique ship, this book is also a comment on what could have been had more of this superior design been built, or the orginal not accidentally destroyed. The book does a good job of addressing the "Monitor Fever" of the time that caused many monitors to be built despite the flaws of the design. Monitors appeared in variety from one to three turrets, while only two seagoing broadside ironclads saw service. Designed for ship to ship combat, Monitors did not have the large battery's necisary to tackle forts, the broadside ironclads did. Since forts were common, but CSN ironclads were few and far between and were broadside ships to begin with, the puzzle is why the US did not explore this design further. The answer, the author proves, was politics.