Mike at SBSDec 22, 20218 minPook's TurtlesThe American Civil War produced some of the strangest ship designs I've ever seen. Among the most odd were the river gunboats known...
Mike at SBSDec 19, 20215 minThe TimbercladsWhen the American Civil War began in 1861, the US Navy was charged with executing the famous Anaconda Plan, which aimed to strangle the...
Mike at SBSJun 20, 20211 minJuneteenth 2021This 19 June 2021 marks the long overdue first officially recognized Juneteenth. This holiday marks the end of slavery in the United...
Mike at SBSAug 1, 20203 minEllet RamsAdmittedly, when I started working on Ironclads all I thought about were the coastal ironclads like USS Monitor and CSS Virginia....