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10-05-2009, 01:23 PM
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CSS Missouri
CT,
Attached you will find images of the CSS Missouri. The last ship to fly the stars and bars inside the confederacy. She was surrendered in June 1865. Lester 
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#13
10-05-2009, 01:42 PM
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The CSS Missouri is doable, and I found a page giving measurements of boat the hull and the casement. So, was the casement squared off, or slightly rounded at the front? The info I found last night claims that the casement was armored with interlocking T-rails like on the Arkansas, set on a diagonal pattern to avoid cutting the rails anymore then needed. I still ned more info though.
I like the length and general design, so this may work. CT
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#15
10-05-2009, 02:06 PM
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Ryan
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#16
10-05-2009, 02:21 PM
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I'm actually working on a 1/250 Cairo, and plan on a 1/72 Carondelet. Just fyi...
 I concur with those who have said CSS Missouri, I'd really like to see that one done.
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10-05-2009, 03:18 PM
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Here is what I found on the Missouri from
Missouri Missouri (IrcRam: l. 183'; b. 53'8"; dph. 10'3"; dr. 8'6"; a. 1 32-pdr., 1 11" Dahlgren, 1 9" Dahlgren) CSS Missouri, a centerwheel steam sloop was launched at Shreveport, La., on 14 April 1863. Her commanding officer was Lt. J. H. Carter, CSN. Missouri never saw action but engaged in transport and mining details between Alexandria and Shreveport, La., above the Red River obstructions. At the end of hostilities Missouri came down to Shreveport and surrendered to U.S. naval forces on 3 June 1865. She was taken into the U.S. Navy and sold at Mound City, Ill., on 29 November 1865. Missouri's casemate or citadel was 130'6" by 53'8" at base, but only 105' by 29' at the top, creating a slope of 30°. Railroad T-iron, 4½" thick, was laid diagonally (to avoid cutting) over this structure, with rail crowns facing alternately inward and outward in order to interlock when spiked to the 23" yellow pine backing. The pilot-house in the forepart of the casemate projected 19" above its deck, which was not armored at all, although the exposed 50-odd feet of the ship's main deck was plated like the citadel's sides. No time having been available to build a wheel-box, the big paddlewheel, 22'6" in diameter, projected for 8'4" above any protection out of a recess at the after end of the casemate. Three balanced rudders were located under the fantail; her steering wheel on the gun deck beneath the pilothouse.
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10-05-2009, 03:53 PM
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Ryan
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Certified Flight Instructor in Dallas, TX Websites: www.doolittleraid.com & www.lbirds.com Papermodels at: www.scribd.com/TexasTailwheel.com
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#20
10-05-2009, 05:18 PM
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CSS Missouri
CT,
I had a conversation with Robert Holcombe several years ago about the Missouri and the Mannassas. With so little info available on the two ships I just mentioned, he said that whichever way you go will be correct because there is no information to prove you wrong. We had a long correspondence about the Mannassas in regards to the number of stacks. Some drawings and paintings show one stack while others show two. Robert told me that he thought I would be correct building it either way because he thinks it was built with two stacks originally and after being damaged at the battle of the Head of the Passes at the mouth of the Mississippi it was rebuilt with one. I hope this solves your problem as far as the casemate is concerned. Lester (fishjay)
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