On August 5, 1864, the Confederate ironclad CSS Tennessee entered the Battle of Mobile Bay under Admiral Franklin Buchanan, the only man to hold the rank of full admiral in the Confederate Navy.

May 9 (Reuters) - A Confederate ironclad warship, scuttled by its crew to prevent it from falling into Yankee hands, will be salvaged before the long-planned dredging of the mouth of the Savannah ...

The USS Cairo, a Civil War-era “ironclad” gunboat, was raised from the Mississippi River in 1964—but if its wood decay problem goes unaddressed, it may sink again. The warship—which has the ...

Q: In the beginning, ironclad ships were merely wooden ships with iron plates attached to them. When was the first iron ship built? — J.K., Edinburg, Texas A: The Aaron Manby was the first steamship ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

Part of a Civil War Confederate ironclad ship has been recovered from the bottom of the Savannah River, authorities said. Crews with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy divers surfaced the ...