Inside The Worlds Only Full Scale Civil War Ironclad The CSS Neuse 11

I finally get to go inside the CSS Neuse 11 the worlds only full size replica Confederate Ironclad ship.and then to the Museum to se the original that was burned and sat in the rive for over 100 years. Hey Y'all welcome to my channel. Join me as I travel the Highways and Bi ways is search of Adventure where we will explore Roadside Attractions, Abandon Places, Museums, The Weird and Strange and maybe even a food review or two. I upload every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Please Subscribe and click the bell so you wont miss anything. You can contact me by Email @ [e-mail]
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[@lkgrave4959]

The engineering and design of this Ironclad is just amazing.

[@ginaaragon5779]

How cool that there is a museum for that huge craft! Thank you for visiting here and sharing with us!

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

Definitely- I could just guess it’s an epic struggle in its own right .

[@G56AG]

I have toured the USS Cairo, the Union Ironclad in Vicksburg, it was sunk by a torpedo, what we now call a mine, and rested in the river mud for about a hundred years. It has a partial reconstruction and has a great museum there. I am fascinated by the Civil War and would love to visit the CSS Neuse someday!

[@michaelbruce6190]

I saw the Cairo 5 years ago when I visited the Vicksburg battlefield and national park. What immediately surprised me was the absolute immense size of the ironclad, I had no clue they were that immense......it's amazing that engineers way back then were able to build these incredible instruments of war.

[@timcarter1164]

The USS Cairo is a fantastic visit.

[@chrisdavis3642]

If I'm not mistaken. The Neuse was built in a CORNFIELD!! I also visited the Cairo on my birthday absolutely mind blowing that these ships engineered and built under some of the conditions at the time!! Must be seen to appreciate!!

[@timcarter1164]

@@chrisdavis3642 ... When you stop and consider how quickly some of these were put together, and the fact they even functioned is amazing. But can you imagine being the first wooden clad ship captain to see one of these things rolling across the top of the ocean at you? Or even worse really, watching that first Cannonball bounce off your target!

[@chrisdavis3642]

Hey pass me that cordless drill!!

[@thomasmartin7816]

Thank you much! You help me 'travel' when I come home from a rough, painful day, of work with some overtime. I can relax and see things, that would be physically and fiscally difficult for me to see in person!

[@danielcoburn8635]

Back in '83, I was stationed at Seymour Johnson AFB. One of my outings, I went to visit the museum , ( when the ship was outdoors but under a roof.) A young lady from the museum took me inside the ship area and showed me some of the features, including an imbedded bullet from a Union attack during construction. At that time, I was familiar with the Monitor and the Virginia, but I had no idea of other ironclads. That started me on the road to learning more of the Civil War and the ships constructed.

[@00-Dima]

1883

[@harryrainey6212]

One of my ancestors worked on the Monitor with haste to meet the Merrimack. Another ancestor a merchant ship captain watched the battle between the Ironclads.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I'd only heard about the two, but considering how important it was to control the waterways around the country, it would have surprised me if it would have remained at 2 indefinitely as they were both very difficult for other types of war ship to deal with.

[@blusnuby2]

IMPRESSIVE ! A hearty WELL DONE ! to all who were involved in resurrecting this historic civil war vessel & it`s presentation. Great tour !

[@piggyoinkenstein.186]

Thats for sure, the Cairo is very impressive..👍

[@CAROLINATONY]

Hey y'all if you are interested in this video you may want to check out my Civil War play list

[@carlsilverman754]

History must be preserved! my dad a PhD in history would agree...great tour of historic ship

[@CAROLINATONY]

thanks

[@samcolt1079]

Im glad they were able to save this ship. We need to do as much as we can to save these things from ruin. Great film thank you.

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

You ain’t whislin Dixie This and thousands of other machines, factories and industrial bases- gone The Packard Factory in Detroit Mich was a labyrinth of industrial architecture and machinery. Gone Steam town - gone So many more The old stuff was better and surpassed current engineering is some ways. Of course War machine made in haste lacked available refinements. Some trains and Ships of the time where really safe and luxurious. Not to bad

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

That was a replica.

[@harryasstruman3101]

I'm 70 years old. I worked on the river boats most my whole life. I cannot imagine how anyone could survive living on something like that. The head concussion from one of those big guns not to mention the Heat would kill a man. I wonder if they were on a six or a 12-hour watch?

[@robertschultz6922]

Had to be a six hour watch as a twelve would be too much. You would be dehydrated with the steam engine running. I'd like to think the crew would be on the upper deck as much as possible to get fresh air

[@harryasstruman3101]

absolutely in the late 90s Florida Power & Light we're selling a small fleet of old coal shuffling boats that we're docked in Vicksburg Mississippi I stay down there for about a year and a half taking care of the boats I work 12 on 12 off got to see the Cairo. Got to metal detect some great spots around Vicksburg area I loved all the time I spent there and the people can't be beat!

[@richardstrachmesserschmiti4979]

Agreed- just unimaginable Extremely dangerous

[@josephgreeley5569]

A standard watch back then (at least for seagoing vessels) was four on/four off. I'm pretty sure they spent as little time below as possible. On the Union Monitors, the crew lived, cooked and slept on deck, unless they were in action. I suspect they rotated the black gang (coal or wood heavers) pretty frequently underway. In 1907 the monitor USS Monterey (laid down in 1889) was crossing San Francisco Harbour when the entire black gang was overcome with heat prostration. They had to anchor until they could be brought on deck to recover.

[@OLDMANTEA]

This was state of the art back then. It was probably like crewing a B2 bomber…

[@khcopter]

Wow, thanks for making that video .I didn’t no that that history was even preserved. Only iron clads I’ve ever heard of was the Merrimack and the monitor . Evidently there’s way more. So thanks again for making that video!! Pretty cool!!

[@michaelhayes7471]

Thanks for that I wished the history channel would start showing stuff like that again

[@CAROLINATONY]

Fun seeing in in person

[@JohnAlberts827]

What a beautiful replica

[@BobSmith-zp2kk]

Great video! The Confederate Navy, though small in comparison to the Union Navy, was truly remarkable for its technological innovations and logistical accomplishments. Thanks for sharing!

[@krawls]

So interesting. I have often wondered how the restoration was done. I visited in the early 70s while she was under a metal carport sort of structure. One of the workers gave me a small charred piece of her. I still have that displayed in my bookcase 50 years later.

[@heru-deshet359]

How fortunate.

[@bennylawrence6221]

I thought he said this is a replica?

[@bennylawrence6221]

Maybe it was piece of the original?

[@Brucev7]

@@bennylawrence6221 "charred"

[@kutter_ttl6786]

@@bennylawrence6221 At the beginning it's the replica but at 9:47 he shows the remains of the actual Nuese inside the museum.

[@toddkurzbard]

Much thanks for an excellent tour of a vessel, and my admiration to the builder (s) of the replica. You both do the memory of the men who served aboard her proud.

[@CAROLINATONY]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ElementofKindness]

Just imagine what it would have looked like inside, with coal dust and ash, black powder smoke residue coating all surfaces, under the light of authentic kerosene lighting of the time. (adding its own smoke film to the inside) I imagine it was much less pleasant than the clean and well lit replica.

[@dustbowlhammer7119]

Very cool for any history buffs out there, The Ironclads marked the change from wooden ships to Iron ships, so it truly is a significant piece of history!

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Several former Union “Monitors” were sold to England and used as gunboats in World War I.

[@piggyoinkenstein.186]

it sure is, Vicksburg is fascinating city that reeks of history and interest. and general Pemberton's headquarters building is still standing, . . . wow very cool. 👍👍👍👍

[@natejones902]

Back in 93 I saw the remains of the ship, but my best memory of Kinston, NC White Owl Surplus with 2 M4 Sherman tanks for sale for only $32k...so needless to say 93 I have fond memories of Kinston both with the ship and the tanks

[@hearsejr]

Back in the 90s I limbed in the tank at White Owls and was playing with the turrent. If you went down the road past Little Baltimore there was Oappys Army Navy surplus. Man I soent hours in that place... Todd got a huge chunk of my paychecks for a while back then.

[@benx6264]

I've been to Kinston and the CSS Neuse museum & replica twice. Both times the replica was closed so I couldn't get inside, so thanks for the video.

[@badguy1481]

Thank you so much for this great presentation. Amazing technology (the laying of wood timbers perpendicular to the layers just above... to provide extra strength to the ship's armor.)

[@heru-deshet359]

I would give this a million thumbs up. What a treat. It's impressive that the superstructure was built like the newer Navy destroyers today that deflect radar, but then it was to deflect cannon. Great video.

[@CAROLINATONY]

I just saw the uss Monitor today. I should have that video up next week

[@johnhill7585]

Actually a very innovative design and on the outside looks pretty modern.

[@gsg7354]

i was thinking the same thing looks similar to the modern stealth ships. I always thought what if the south could have used it navy sooner in the war clearly they where years ahead of anything else. Not only with this ship but others that were never fully implemented during the war for various reasons. Guess it was murphy's law when you read about the failings.

[@wreckinbal]

I bet it has a low radar profile

[@jody6851]

Yes, it almost looks like the new USS Zumwalt -- the Navy's stealth super high-tech destroyer.

[@jamesclark2630]

@@gsg7354 agreed

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

True! I live in Mobile and It looks a lot like some of the ships Austal is building for the Military today.

[@patrickchallis5063]

Navies in those days sailors used hammocks instead of bunks, so as at action stations could be quickly folded away to allow quick transit through the ship!

[@ole5539]

A man that need be recognized for early work on the original CSS Neuse is Ted L. Sampley, Kinston's own. I miss you brother.

[@michaelashcraft8569]

My old US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer had Boiler Rooms where the temperature exceeded 120 degrees F. As a Corpsman I measured the temperature regularly, the B/T guys worked 12hr on 12hr off, not too many Heat Exhaustion cases though, I only dealt with two cases in a year, I cannot imagine conditions in the 1860's !!

[@CAROLINATONY]

Imagine the percussion and sound when firing the guns

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Considering the on-board heat levels and the poor ventilation CSS Neuse had it makes me think it really was more of a crew-served weapon than an actual live-aboard vessel. What I mean by that is it would only be manned when and if it was needed and for training purposes, the rest of the time it would be tied up to a dock with maybe a small watch detail on board. I'm also struck by how much it looks like the "Stealth" ships the US Navy experimented with a few years back.

[@CAROLINATONY]

From what i have read i think it would be manned to carry out a mission

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@CAROLINATONY My thoughts exactly. It looks too crampled, poorly ventilated and uncomfortable to man full-time.

[@michaelbruce6190]

Crew served weapon is the perfect analogy actually......just a very large crew served weapon.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@michaelbruce6190 Thanks! You know, jump ahead to the 20th Century and the German U-Boots had much of the "crew-served" weapon aspect about them. Crew accomodations were VERY rudimentary and the men had to make do as best they could. American subs were luxurious by comparison.

[@michaelbruce6190]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 very true......those men in the U-boats were something special....85% of them never came home.

[@bgdavenport]

I have shared this video with my scale modeling club. I'm thinkin' ROADTRIP!

[@davidnicholas7516]

I had no idea they'd done this. I'm something of a Civil War buff and I've done a bit of study on the ironclads of the war. Seeing an actual Confederate one is quite interesting, even if it is a replica. As an aside, I just watched a firearm-oriented video with Colion Noir interviewing a British guy with a pretty thick accent. That was nothing compared with this fellow. He had to say "boilers" three times before I got what he was referring to...at first all I heard was "bores."

[@DFYLA72]

I saw the ship when it merely had a roof cover, and was open to the elements. Glad to see it’s been enclosed.

[@joejeffers2406]

Another great history lesson very cool the engineering that went into building a destroyer or gun ship in the past thanks for sharing this Tony very cool

[@HistoryBoy]

Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! Would truly love to visit!

[@brianpauley4831]

I have an original large iron spike from the CSS Neuse plucked from her sometime in the 60s. Love that old boat.

[@ElementofKindness]

Nice to see not all Confederate history has been canceled. History is history, good or bad. It should never be erased and forgotten.

[@jjs3287]

Beautiful timber re creaction, awesome!

[@WORRO]

Very interesting. I thank you for your time Sir. Thumbs up video~John

[@georgedreisch2662]

Impressive video. Especially liked the inclusion of the recovery film, back in the day.

[@anthonysantiago1999]

Fascinating.. Good stuff.

[@grayharker6271]

This is hilarious! The CSS Neuse NEVER FLOATED! The only purpose it ever served was to be a temporary dry dock! When my grandfather's sidewheel steamboat "Phillips" was holed by a stump, he ran his vessel into the sand filled hull to keep from sinking. He made repairs and went on up to seven springs. The only fight the Neuse had, was fighting to get enough water to float!

[@timsharkey1993]

If you haven’t been up to The Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, Virginia, you need to go. They have an amazing collection and display of artifacts from the USS Monitor, and a full-scale reproduction of the entire ship outside the museum building.

[@CAROLINATONY]

Tim you must be a mind reader. I went last week. Hopefully I'll have the video up soon

[@timsharkey1993]

@@CAROLINATONY looking forward to that! I haven’t been there since 2009 and I’m sure a lot has changed.

[@timsmith1589]

That's pretty cool man, I'm glad that you shared it with us

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for the tip. My next trip to the coast I will check it out.

[@CAROLINATONY]

You should!

[@warhawk4494]

She is a beauty. I remember when they were rebuilding her and finished her. My one regret is I never got to go on board her. Just pass by. Hopefully someday my wife and I can take a road trip back to my old stomping grounds. Go Indians!

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

What a beautiful replica- On my museum ship visit list now👍👍

[@tobytaylor6679]

Thanks for showin that replica the detail is spot on makes me wish I had a big bank roll an resources to build a duplicate of CSS Hunley great presentation buddy👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@terryyocumiii9645]

Years ago I saw the neuse's timbers. I was a young man in the Marines in Jacksonville, I had seen the signs for the neuse driving through Kinston on my way home for holidays and such. One day I decided to make a pit stop, only of course to discover the facilities we're not open. However the timbers were stored under a building which did not reach all the way to the ground, and I looked underneath to see it. This of course was before you could Google anything on the spot, so I didn't know it had been scuttled and all that remained we're the timbers of her hull, so I was a bit underwhelmed. However I'm still glad I got to see her, and hopefully someday I'll get to see this lovely replica as well.

[@rogersmith7396]

I built a model of Albemarle from balsa, about two feet long. Looks the same. My smokestack may have been larger diameter. I had some brass naval canon I put inside as pivot guns. I used copper sheet with fake rivits on the outside.

[@nikkigunter896]

Thanks for sharing. Learned a lot.

[@markhugo8270]

Add from Freeman, endorsing the Criminal Ellison. I love it!

[@roddymoore]

I saw the 'Ram Neuse' on a school trip back in the late sixties or the early 70s when the wreck was still displayed outside. It's nice that it has been taken inside and that a replica has been built. I live in Germany but am from Washington, was recently back for 2 months and we were in Plymouth and saw the recreation of the Albemarle, which seems to be a scale model. I'm glad people have interest in preserving this part of our history.

[@jasontucher7011]

This is too cool! I would love to see a modern version with double wall steel plates, hatch doors, modern guns and a diesel engine. Then we'll see whose rivers are protected.

[@Twirlyhead]

Great thing. Great skills in building it.

[@donnavaughn5393]

Thanks you my friend see you soon

[@deweywallace6314]

My dad took me to see this in the late 60s. I did not want to leave. But they did not have the replica ship at that time. Guess I'll have to go back.

[@moomoolaka]

Cool piece of history. Thank you for the video I enjoyed that 😀

[@terrallputnam7979]

I know what working in 135 degrees is like. I worked in nuclear plants and we had to do containment entries under full power. The temperature inside was 135-140 degrees F and the humidity was outrageous too! Having to work for hours in that heat would be worse than miserable.

[@derekrohan9619]

Cool video, thanks for sharing it. However “ this is a ladder used to climb up”haha think we could have guessed that. The crew built bunk beds but evidence shows possibly they had bunks. The powder and projectile room being below the water line was not conceived buy the designer, it had been done for a few hundred years before that, and you are correct they were shooting from above the water but unfortunately being below the water line would do nothing for what’s known as plunging fire. At longer distance the guns would have to shoot higher for the longer range and the rounds would impact the deck witch on most ships had thin armor. However the sloped iron would help deflect rounds and also makes the armor more effective because it makes it so the round has to pass through more of it. Cool video though!

[@rickyricardo3551]

This a nice walkthrough. thanks .

[@keithhampton9700]

That thing look like Stealth tech today! Wow!

[@gayeyount7948]

Cool history lesson thanks for sharing Tony

[@CAROLINATONY]

Thanks for watching

[@frankquevedo3453]

Very, very informative and enjoyable video to watch. Glad to see our history is being kept alive! Thanks.

[@thelastsaxon6279]

Almost looks like a modern stealth vessel.. stunning

[@robertdevere7774]

Very interesting. Thanks!

[@yoderboys1]

We live around 45 min from Columbus GA and they have a naval museum there that reminds me of this it is really cool!

[@birdnest5814]

Interesting tour and tons of history 👍💕😊

[@richardhugger9903]

Thank you.

[@SpicyLunarDust]

So cool!! It would be really cool if they could turn it into like an actual living museum. I feel this museum is very nice, but very modern. It kind of takes away and makes it challenging to picture what it would’ve looked like in 1864 or 65. But very neat!

[@chancevonfreund1156]

Very cool! Always wonder what it was like inside. ⚓

[@CAROLINATONY]

i got lucky thankyou

[@christianfreedom-seeker2025]

Didn't know about this. Good work guys!

[@grimdesaye6534]

This is a Beautiful Ship! CSS Albemarle a Real Southern Hero Ship.

[@jorgevelasquez4408]

Amazing! Thank you for posting this. Too quick how we are forgetting our history.

[@TR-Mead]

The one in Vicksburg they raised, you can actually walk inside of it. I loved going there as a kid.

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

We have the U.S.S. Cairo Museum in Vicksburg. They tried to float her up in one piece. It was a disaster. They got a lot of steel,timbers and cannons, along with a ton of personal effects.

[@CAROLINATONY]

I went there during covid and they had it all locked down

[@JamesJones-cx5pk]

@@CAROLINATONY That's a shame. Our National Military Park has over 1000, plaques/monuments and 35,000 Union graves.

[@Tyler-ts3gs]

Thank you for the tour and knowledge

[@Poorlybobsdad]

Apart from the chimney it could be a modern stealth ship with a really low radar profile. I bet it was tough on the inside with boilers and cannons in operation.

[@jaybee9269]

I thought so too!

[@OldTimerGarden]

very interesting, thanks for sharing.

[@dustinmasterson411]

Enjoyed this one!

[@Marilyn-KY]

Thanks for the history lesson.

[@hearsejr]

I remember the older fella that was building the one downtown kinston. I worked with the forest service and would go hang out and watch him use those antique tools. Tom Kravis was a temo oilot from New York, stoooed by and said he would like to be able to do something like that and the fella handed him a wooden mallet and said het to work.. I don't think Tom will ever build anything like that in the future. Lol.

[@scottthroop6208]

Its striking how this looks like a modern day war ship with the angles and facets of the hull and cap. They had it right the first time! The angles and facets deflect bullets and cannon balls of into a different trajectory, rather than absorb the energy and damage from a direct squared impact. Now it is used to deflect radar waves into random directions, rather than directly back to the enemy to be seen. War ship design has come full circle!

[@robertsalvati518]

Looks like a modern stealth ship.

[@robdi4585]

Furthermore, the Union ironclads were also appeared to look very stealthy and modern as well. I'm very pleased I'm not the only one who thinks this way about how advanced looking the Civil War Naval ships were. Talk about being ahead of their time.

[@DaveCollierCamping]

Awesome video - I did a video here in Newport News Va of the Monitor and the Merrimac - at the Mariners Museum

[@STho205]

The CSS Virginia. The USS Merrimack was burned and scuttled/sunk as the USN abandoned Norfolk Navy Yards...therefore decommissioned. A newly commissioned ship was built upon her wrecked keel.

[@michaelratliff9449]

Than you for that, I will definitely go see that fine reproduction.. its beautifully done, and the museum also.....have you seen the CSS Hunley?

[@nickiewhodat273]

Super cool

[@josephgreeley5569]

Nice video. Last time I saw the Neuse, she was rotting away under an open shed. Much as I loathe the Confederacy, I'm glad to see she's got a new home, and the reproduction is very cool. Who built it and when?

[@ThomasGrillo]

If you haven't already checked it out, you should head over to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where you'll find the Cairo. It's an iron clad ship which is under restoration. Thanks for sharing this.

[@MoviemaniaNick]

Cool, never knew about this. Great job Tony.

[@CAROLINATONY]

I've been trying to get inside for years. It only open on Saturday

[@jshicke]

I was thinking they had three guns fore and aft, and wondered how they could fire without interfering with each other. I see now it was a single gun that could be aimed out of the bow ports and another gun at the stern ports. This must have been designed for river use only as most of those boats were fairly light to avoid hitting bars on the river bottom.

[@CAROLINATONY]

I thought that same thing. For the size that was a lot of weight.

[@derekrohan9619]

Must have been for rivers only as most were built light to avoid sand bars? It wasn’t built light, and it was stuck for over a month on a sandbar. I’m alittle confused on what you mean. Also I didn’t know it was a single gun at the bow and stern either

[@deeznoots6241]

It served entirely in the inner waterways of North Carolina and almost entirely at the city of Kinston as a floating battery

[@mikemarley2389]

My very first book report besides the one on Jonas Salk was about "The Monitor and The Merrimack" that piece of Civil War history really grabbed my attention as a lad.

[@jaybee9269]

The latter ship was actually called CSS Virginia…

[@mikemarley2389]

@@jaybee9269 sorry but you are WRONGO BONGO.Its name was the Merrimac , Jack.

[@jaybee9269]

@@mikemarley2389 >> Nah, man. The guys that fought it called it “Virginia.” And most historians now refer to it as such. It was the USS Merrimack previously. Stop dead-naming the ship!

[@glennevitt5250]

Thank you for this information 😎

[@robertschultz6922]

I'd like to see one that was recreated for reenactment use. How cool would it be to see it on a river firing cannons?

[@hearsejr]

There was a reinactment in Plymouth. Theres a guy that did a show there a few years ago.... well many years ago ..

[@dianegottfried2986]

Great history lesson thank you .

[@fernandochavez4312]

Amazing ingenuity. It’s unfortunate that we seem to waste it on efforts of war and destruction. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

“Waste “? War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” John Stuart Mill English economist & philosopher (1806 - 1873) You should be thankful for the Freedom that I and other men better than yourself have provided you through our military service. Some people do not deserve liberty. Perhaps you do not?

[@Original50]

Well done! 👍

[@kowalski363]

Thank you

[@MililaniJag]

Very cool! Thx!

[@WinterSaeculum]

They pulled up the Henley & brought it to Charleston harbor, & after a 100+ years took a look inside & saw "Re-elect Strom" written on the wall.

[@samkangal8428]

Amazing that they already had boats like that back then . It looked quiet homie inside .

[@CAROLINATONY]

I would imagine it would of been dark in those day because they only had candel light. Thanks for watching

[@rickfoster8128]

Homey looking, for sure, but I bet it was hot for sleeping most of the year!

[@davidatovar]

The Confederacy had the most advanced designs for their ironclads, the Albemarle and the unfinished Dunderberg were some of my favorite designs !

[@deeznoots6241]

No they didn’t, casemate ironclads were not advanced at all, the Union monitors meanwhile had turrets which actually were advanced technology of the time.

[@flipflopsguy8868]

@@deeznoots6241 maybe he ment the actual look is more streamline as opposed the "Cheese Box Floating on a Cracker".

[@peterjurczyk61]

History of these ships is amazing 2" x 2" steel oak pine is amazing to me think they used railroad ties under over on a vessel amazing to me bet it rely deflected artillery..think wood beams are as strong as steal as well..just can't take heat.. society has advanced some..thanks Tony good video work must be professional..have super day !

[@henrybucki7813]

GREAT VIDEO