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- Cottonclads were a classification of steam-powered warships where a wooden ship was protected from enemy fire by bales of cotton lining its sides. Cottonclads...
- it caught the public's attention, and the boats came to be called "cottonclads". Later in the war, ships' crews were often protected from small-arms...
- United States Navy: USS Sumter (1862), the former CSS General Sumter, a cottonclad ram captured in 1862 USS Sumter (APA-52) (previously AP-97), an attack...
- CSS Stonewall Jackson was a cottonclad sidewheel ram of the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Stonewall Jackson was selected in January 1862...
- in the Marine Department mainly consisted of small vessels, improvised cottonclad warships, and some captured US Navy ships. The Department was instrumental...
- American Civil War USS Sumter (1862), the former CSS General Sumter, a cottonclad ram captured in 1862 USS Sumter (APA-52) (previously AP-97), an attack...
- sloops, and frigates were grouped together under the term "cruiser". See "Cottonclad warship". A type of steam-powered warship, used in the American Civil...
- James Montgomery and eight cottonclad rams known as the River Defense Fleet, were located off Fort Pillow. The cottonclads were converted civilian vessels...
- (steamship) Baltic (tug), a German emergency tow vessel CSS Baltic, an iron and cottonclad sidewheeler ship built in 1860 HMS Baltic (1808), Royal Navy cutter, formerly...
- than a frigate and capable of transoceanic duty. cotchel A partial load. cottonclad A steam-powered wooden warship protected from enemy fire by bales of cotton...