What were the long term effects of the American civil war on naval warfare?

What were the long term effects of the American civil war on naval warfare?

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submarines and mines

Just mines. Submarines were not at all practical then, and would not be practical until the turn of the century. Ramming came back into vogue as a viable means of defeating ironclad ships, following experiences during the Civil War.

donĀ“t forget torpedoes

Also steel-plated ships.

Torpedoes were basically the same as mines, back then.

Iron-hulled/armoured ships were already in use with European powers, and could travel oceans to boot. Steel armoured ships did not exist during the American Civil War.

It helped reinforce the ram meme.

>Steel armoured ships did not exist during the American Civil War.
They weren't common, but they did exist. There was a naval battle nicknamed "Battle of the Ironclads".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hampton_Roads

Both used iron, not steel, plate

It looks like you're right on that part, but I would still say that the Civil War invigorated the idea of metal-armored ships.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship

>After 1872, steel started to be introduced as a material for construction. Compared to iron, steel allows for greater structural strength for a lower weight. The French Navy led the way with the use of steel in its fleet, starting with the Redoutable, laid down in 1873 and launched in 1876.[54] Redoutable nonetheless had wrought iron armor plate, and part of her exterior hull was iron rather than steel. Even though Britain led the world in steel production, the Royal Navy was slow to adopt steel warships. The Bessemer process for steel manufacture produced too many imperfections for large-scale use on ships. French manufacturers used the Siemens-Martin process to produce adequate steel, but British technology lagged behind.[55]

Iron ships were already around since before the Civil War. Battle of Sinope during the Crimean War encouraged changeover before the Civil War even began.

I personally feel naval design was influenced by the civil war heavily, though excepting the turret, often in deadend ideas.

The biggest influence I believe, in combination with the battle of Lissa, was introducing the belief that armor was stronger than guns. This led to all sorts of things designed to bypass armor, mines torpedoes and Rams especially.

American learnings from it led to them crushing the Spanish a couple of decades later.

>but I would still say that the Civil War invigorated the idea of metal-armored ships.

not really, the major navies had already committed to the idea for future construction before the civil war began.

One more episode in the history of the naval power beating the fuck out of the non-naval power.

Rotating turrets.
The Confederate attempts to break the naval blockade like ironclads, blockade runners, submarines, etc are pretty interesting desu.

>Also steel-plated ships.

They were building better ones in Europe. Starting with the 1850's

>What were the long term effects of the American civil war on naval warfare?

The term "monitor" was created to refer to armored warships designed to operate in areas of shallow water.

Damn the torpedos!

The Warrior was a piece of crap, and little different from a Nelsonian frigate with a steam engine and some iron plating.

entirely iron built, steam as primary motive power and both thicker armor than monitor and bigger guns, at the time she was launched she could crush anything else afloat

>Athens beat Sparta

Meanwhile American Ironclads were coastal craft.

In addition, the Brits and the French were also redesigning gun platforms at the time. The Brits were first to come up with a rotating turret while the French were obsessed with Barbettes.

The USA won't catch up at all with European naval powers until the late 19th Century with the Great White Fleet.