Yes, and going beyond those two, which are the most famous, they were messing around with boats on the Mississippi too, which was often just retrofitting whatever was available with iron cladding. People did catch on that intentionally designed monitor style ships were more effective, it’s just interesting to see people trying things out (like with a lot of the posts in this community) because hey, we’re in a war and could die otherwise.
Yes, the US Civil War had a lot of super interesting transitional ideas. Even metal submarines like Hunley which sank three times during the war, which is pretty nuts.
Yes, and going beyond those two, which are the most famous, they were messing around with boats on the Mississippi too, which was often just retrofitting whatever was available with iron cladding. People did catch on that intentionally designed monitor style ships were more effective, it’s just interesting to see people trying things out (like with a lot of the posts in this community) because hey, we’re in a war and could die otherwise.
Yes, the US Civil War had a lot of super interesting transitional ideas. Even metal submarines like Hunley which sank three times during the war, which is pretty nuts.
Like Russians building sheds on top of tanks to survive kamikaze quads. It looks silly, but it’s moderately effective.