Meet the USS Galena, above, an experimental ironclad warship, pictured here in 1862 during the Civil War. The fancy lap joint sides proved to be a little too lightweight to do their job of bouncing off Confederate cannonballs - the inset enlargement in the bottom photo reveals a giant...well, cork, plugging a hole near the waterline. Next to it, even closer to the waterline, a Confederate cannonball is embedded in the side of the ship.
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Brownbird - making shavings in the workshop today - November 19th
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