HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year ago

Dual-turreted Union ironclad USS Onondaga, US Civil War, 1863

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Dual-turreted Union ironclad USS Onondaga, US Civil War, 1863

HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year ago

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2•1 year ago
How did they sail it to France? Surely that thing isn’t seaworthy
- PugJesusM
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  3•1 year ago
  Towed it!
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    3•1 year ago
    honestly would love to see a short documentary on just that voyage
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    1•1 year ago
    And it … didn’t capsize? Lmao
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      2•1 year ago
      must have been an adventure

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