Address of Ensign William H. Michael (Classic Reprint)
| Preis: | 10.95 EUR* (inkl. MWST zzgl. Versand - Preis kann jetzt höher sein!) |
| Versand: | 0.00 EUR Versandkostenfrei innerhalb von Deutschland |
| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Michael, William Henry) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Address of Ensign William H. Michael The ironclads had been built hurriedly by Capt. James B. Eads, an all-round engineering genius, and the three wooden vessels - Tyler, Lexington, and Conestoga - had been constructed out of towboats at Cincinnati, under the supervision of Capt. John Rogers, of the Navy. In September, 1861, Captain Foote, afterwards Rear Admiral, took command of this fleet. He called the naval force a "hybrid service," which it certainly was. Soon after taking command he added thirty-eight mortar boats, which were simply flat-boats made of solid blocks of timber, without machinery of any kind, and capable of supporting one 13-inch mortar mounted in the center. In August, , when work on the construction of this fleet began, there was no fund out of which to meet the expense, no materials at hand, and no well-defined understanding as to just what the vessels should be, nor whether they should be under the War or the Navy Department. The new force was unlike anything hitherto known, and most of the old army and navy people shook their heads at the proposed experiment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
* Preis kann jetzt höher sein. Den aktuellen Stand und Informationen zu den Versandkosten finden sie auf der Homepage unseres Partners.
Folgende Produkte könnten dir ebenso gefallen
