KING OF THE SNAGBOATERS

HENRY MILLER SHREVE

Yes, he was "King of the Snagboaters"

Back in the early 1800's many of the southern rivers of the United States were clogged up with fallen trees....and it was generally fairly hard for riverboats to get from point A to point B.  In fact there was the Red River in Arkansas so clogged up they called it "The Raft"

Well "Ole Henry" as a self-educated marine inventor designed and built the famed snagboats that cleared these southern rivers.

This made him so famous that a town was named after him...."Shreveport"

So HERE is how Henry Miller Shreve became the "King of the Snagboaters"

TITANIC II AN UPDATE

Here is a 'short clip' on the construction of RMS Titanic II.

Mr. Clive Palmer, whom is an Australian entrepreneur is shouting from the roof tops that there will be a Titanic II.  Construction to begin before 2014 and a sailing date in late 2016.

HERE is the latest on this project.

TURNAROUND AT CAPE ESPERANCE

At times you read articles of the US and her Allies winning battles....and as your reading about these battles there are times the reader shakes their head....wondering how in the heck did we luck out on this one.

Well her is another one of these battles....and truthfully I really don't know who won this particular fight....

Almost an accidental victory, the night action in Guadalcanal's infamous "SLOT" proved the US Navy was at last learning how to fight at night.

Oh my....just wait till you read this.....it is a grabber of a head shake.  Click HERE to read

TWILIGHT FOR THE BIG GUNS

The "Big Guns" of WW II were giants in there own right.  If were to see one in the open sea in the fore-coming heat of a battle, even from a long distance it would make your legs wobble, but yet according to some they only played an important secondary role.

To see them unleash those mighty guns must have been a sight to behold.

Many of the "high-powered Naval commands" from all nations expected showdowns between these giant beasts, but it never happened.

So HERE is there story...I think you'll find it most interesting.

USS CAIRO: A JAMES EADS DREAM

If you are interested in history, you soon realize bucket loads of it has helped change our present, and this is very true for Naval history.

This is a story about the USS Cairo which really came about as a new concept in river gunboats.  One of these new concepts were known as "Pook's Turtles" or City-class gunboats.  Many at the time also referred to these gunboats as "Jim Eads gunboats."  

So, if you care to give this article a go it will tell you what the Cairo was involved in, also about her concept from James Buchanan Eads shipyards....and the salvage operations to raise the Cairo in the 1960's.

CLICK : HERE