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Cutaway of a Union ironclad, US Civil War (i.pinimg.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

david mccullough, narrating ken burns' civil war episode 2 @18:55: "from the moment the two ships opened fire that sunday morning every other navy on earth was obsolete".

(not that this cutaway represents either of those first ironclads, just what ironclads represented)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Cannons heard 'round the world.