>Sorry Dave -- The first ironclad was the converted sidewheeler Virginia
>( renamed Merrimac), a southern ship;
I don't know where you guys have been getting your history from, but if I
recall correctly the first ironclad was the CSS Manassas (sp?). I
believe she was in Mobile bay
> the first workable submarine
>(although a deathtrap) was the Hunley, a southern invention;
Subs had been around for some time in Europe. The Huxley was the first
to sink another ship.
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