LORD ROSSE has made an interesting contribution to the history of ironclads by placing at the service of the Institution of Naval Architects copies of letters written by his father to various ...

On March 9, 1862, Confederate Navy ship CSS Virginia and Union navy ship USS Monitor met in battle off the coast of Virginia. Their clash was inconclusive, but the battle was the first time metal ...

The idea of armoring ships was ancient, and gained serious attention from the dawn of muskets and cannons at sea. In the 16th and 17th centuries, as European warships grew increasingly large and ...

One of the worst-kept secrets of the Civil War was the plan to dominate America's waterways with ironclads. North and South raced to be first, while newspapers and scientific magazines reported every ...

Washington Gave Bigotry No Sanction. We Should Do the Same Mr. Conservative and the Minister Sorkin Rounds Up the Usual Suspects This Thanksgiving, Heed the Words of George Washington Thanksgiving Day ...