risked his fortune in support of the Union. The City-class gunboats were the United States' first ironclad warships. The gunboats produced by Eads formed...

An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result...

City class may refer to: City-class frigate, the Halifax-class frigate of the Royal Canadian Navy City-class ironclad, the "Pook Turtles", aka Eads gunboats...

USS Carondelet (/kəˈrɒndəlɛt/ kə-RON-də-let) (1861) was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the War Department by James B. Eads during the American...

which can be termed "classes" as presently understood. Common examples include the Passaic-class monitor and the City-class ironclad, among many others...

USS Baron DeKalb was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Navy by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. USS Baron DeKalb, named...

USS Louisville was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the U.S. Army by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. (While initially owned...

Dingyuan class (simplified Chinese: 定远; traditional Chinese: 定遠; pinyin: Dìngyǔan; Wade–Giles: Ting Yuen or Ting Yuan) consisted of a pair of ironclad warships—Dingyuan...

USS Pittsburgh (often Pittsburg) was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Army by James B. Eads during the American Civil War, and...

mortar boats. Cairo, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Mound City, Carondelet, and Cincinnati were City-class ironclads, which were designed to have a shallow draft,...

She was a City-class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was the lead ship of the City-class gunboats,...

1938, when she was sold for scrapping. The origin of the Sachsen class of ironclad corvettes traces back to the fleet plan of 1861 approved for the Prussian...

The Avnillah class was a group of two ironclad warships built for the Ottoman Navy in the 1860s. The class comprised two vessels, Avnillah and Muin-i...

The Huntsville-class ironclads consisted of two casemate ironclads ordered by the Confederate States Navy in 1862 to defend Mobile, Alabama, during the...

USS Cairo /ˈkeɪroʊ/ is the lead ship of the City-class casemate ironclads built at the beginning of the American Civil War to serve as river gunboats...

The two Scorpion-class ironclads, HMS Scorpion and HMS Wivern, were ironclad warships ordered by the Confederate States Navy in 1862 and seized in 1863...

USS Mound City was a City-class ironclad gunboat built for service on the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the American Civil War. Originally commissioned...

The City-class ironclad USS Cincinnati was a stern-wheel casemate gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Cincinnati...

however, the US Army wanted a fleet of new ships; this became the City-class ironclad fleet. Eads earned several additional contracts after impressing...

Mississippi River. Soon afterward, he was contracted to construct the City-class ironclads for the United States Navy, and produced seven such ships within...

The Italia class was a class of two ironclad battleships built for the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) in the 1870s and 1880s. The two ships—Italia...

War were on display, most notably a life-size replica of a Union City-class ironclad gunboat. The museum was populated by wax sculptures of historical...

of the Mississippi River Squadron. Known as City-class ironclad gunboats as they were named after cities on the Mississippi River or its tributaries,...

The Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class consisted of a pair of ironclad warships—Erzherzog Ferdinand Max and Habsburg—built for the Austrian Navy in the 1860s...

CSS Texas was the third and last Columbia-class (or Tennessee-class according to some sources) casemate ironclad built for the Confederate Navy during the...

USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned...

architect Samuel Moore Pook, who designed the far more successful City-class ironclads of the same period. The Idler was a luxury schooner yacht built in...

Class Vessel City class ironclad U.S.S. St. Louis    Lieutenant Leonard Paulding (K-2, W-8, M-0 = 10) U.S.S. Carondelet    Commander Henry Walke (K-5,...

Chen Yuen) was an ironclad battleship built for the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. She was the second and final member of the Dingyuan class, which included one...

Huáscar is an ironclad turret ship owned by the Chilean Navy built in 1865 for the Peruvian government. It is named after the 16th-century Inca emperor...