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 ...

Cairo was one of seven ironclad gunboats named in honor of towns along the upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers. These powerful ironclads were formidable vessels, each mounting 13 big cannons. With the ...

the uss cairo was built in mound city il.she was commissioned 1/25/1862 she was on tour in the yazoo river and hit a confederate mine and sunk 12/12/1862.she was raised 8/13/1964 out of the yazoo ...

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When we visited Fort Morgan in Alabama, we learned about ironclad gunboats and how in the Battle of Mobile Bay on Aug. 5, 1864, the Confederate's ironclad, the Tennessee, inflicted considerable damage ...