Something a little different for history buffs

[Simaril]

Here's a shot from the James River, circa 1862. Notice the dents in the turret, and the missing rivet. Would have hated to be inside when that particular hunk of metal started ricocheting around inside!

[Curval]

I see only a red X

[Nwbie]

I see only a red X

Thats what you see after the hunk of metal bounces around




 

[Simaril]

Odd...

I see the red X in Firefox, but the picture is clear as can be in Explorer. It's a shot of the Monitor from its deck, after the battle.

If no one else can see it, I'll find a place to host it.


EDIT: There, fixed

[Maverick]

Look how many layers that turret was made from.  I agree that the rivet bouncing around would have been very ungood. That's one of the reasons that welding and homogeneous casting is used on tanks.

[aenigma]

U.S.S. Monitor. That is a cool picture.

[Twister2]

I was on a trip to baltimore recently and took a tour of the constellation. While in the ship I noticed a reference to the USS Philippi. I got all excited since that is my last name. As soon as I got home I looked up it's history expecting to read all about its great adventures sinking confederate ships. Only to find out it grounded itself in mobile bay and got completly destroyed by confederate land guns. Whats worse the Captain wasn't even supposed to have the ship there. Not realy related to the picture but I thought it was interesting being a civil war ship.

[ROX]

History Channel special a couple of weeks ago on that was pretty cool.  The turret was explained as a "very dark, hot, and smokey environment".  Can you even imagine trying to reload those cannons (knowing your life depended on it) in a cramped area that was so dark you could barely see what's going on?

To think about it, technology had out-paced the tactics of the day...

Those soldiers & sailors had huge stones back then.

ROX

[Eagler]

Those soldiers & sailors had huge stones back then.
ROX

I am sure they'll say the same thing about our men in uniform today in the year 2154.

My hope is war of any kind is nothing but history by then...

[midnight Target]

Look how many layers that turret was made from.  I agree that the rivet bouncing around would have been very ungood. That's one of the reasons that welding and homogeneous casting is used on tanks.

Yea, the metal work is fascinating. It looks like the cannon windows were created by making 3 passes with a huge auger drill.

[Barnes828]

British tanks had problems with the rivets turning into bullets inside them