Visiting the CSS Neuse II, a Full-Scale Replica of a Confederate Ironclad

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  • @spinnetti
    @spinnetti Рік тому +370

    In this form and paint almost looks like a modern stealth ship!

    • @MrBioniclefan1
      @MrBioniclefan1 Рік тому +18

      I know I was thinking the same thing.

    • @mho...
      @mho... Рік тому +33

      reflecting/scattering radar, needs the same basic shapes as to reflect bullets afterall!

    • @nathanhale7444
      @nathanhale7444 Рік тому +5

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @safwanshuhaib9968
      @safwanshuhaib9968 Рік тому +6

      First I thought it was a new stealth gun boat that they were making when I saw the thumbnail

    • @strikezero01
      @strikezero01 Рік тому +1

      your 7 days ahead of me , dam right

  • @bubbalo3388
    @bubbalo3388 Рік тому +19

    Old tech is so much more interesting than modern day tech.

  • @g4joe
    @g4joe Рік тому +19

    Captain Jon Low. CSN. CSS Alabama. buried in my home town in England.👍🇬🇧

  • @Baralis
    @Baralis Рік тому +227

    Limited ventilation, steam engine, metal roof in the sun. I cannot imagine how hot it probably was.

    • @bikeman1x11
      @bikeman1x11 Рік тому +36

      men werent cupcakes then

    • @ab12345cdf
      @ab12345cdf Рік тому +45

      @@bikeman1x11 but you certainly are one now

    • @bikeman1x11
      @bikeman1x11 Рік тому +22

      @@ab12345cdf im not a bearded manbun cupcake - todays ev driving e scooter riding folkjs arent a thousandth of the man those who manned these ships were

    • @whiskeymonk4085
      @whiskeymonk4085 Рік тому +26

      ​@@ab12345cdfWhat have you done cupcake?

    • @mase7557
      @mase7557 Рік тому

      VERY!

  • @timisfree1768
    @timisfree1768 Рік тому +6

    Thank you for keeping our history alive.

  • @robertbenzon6941
    @robertbenzon6941 Рік тому +116

    While attending East Carolina University in Greenville around 1970 I visited the outdoor pavilion for the Neuse. Nobody except me around at the time. To my everlasting shame, I worked a spike out of the relic as a now-lost souvenir. I am grateful that the remaining hull is now protected from vandals. And, the replica is truly amazing.

    • @mrbaab5932
      @mrbaab5932 Рік тому

      You are a Vandal and should retrace their path across Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea as punishment.

    • @gillisBR549
      @gillisBR549 Рік тому +1

      I remember first time being on tour of it at the old location, there was a bullet lodged in the front, from where yankee soldiers had fired upon it at Whitehall

    • @robertsaget6918
      @robertsaget6918 Рік тому +1

      What are you feeling ashamed at? They lost the war, take what is ours! They were weak.

    • @RaganEugene
      @RaganEugene Рік тому

      Confederate soldiers, sailors, and Marines who fought in the Civil War were made U.S. veterans by an act of Congress in 1957, U.S. Public Law 85-425, Sec 410, Approved 23 May, 1958. This made all Confederate Army/Navy/Marine Veterans equal to U.S. veterans.@@robertsaget6918

    • @supatotenkopf88
      @supatotenkopf88 Рік тому

      @@robertsaget6918you’re a real clown mate

  • @moseshancock3336
    @moseshancock3336 Рік тому +12

    I'm happy these things are being displayed for all to see

  • @karachaffee3343
    @karachaffee3343 Рік тому +78

    They had quite a bit of insight to give the ship a minimal radar profile.

    • @RonGreeneComedian
      @RonGreeneComedian Рік тому +13

      Their radar consisted of a couple of men on the enemy ship as lookouts. "Hey Bubba, what's that thing coming towards us in the fog? Aw, it's just a piece of a building that got blowed up."

    • @gillisBR549
      @gillisBR549 Рік тому +1

      @@RonGreeneComedianyes, more especially on the yankee side,…

    • @drewk3646
      @drewk3646 Рік тому

      Their tactical considerations were endless lol

  • @saradolphin3242
    @saradolphin3242 Рік тому +5

    Glad Even a Replica Exist!
    It's Now on my Bucket list!
    Thanks!

  • @redjacc7581
    @redjacc7581 Рік тому +21

    that looks awesome. I have a passion for the naval combat during the ACW.

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Рік тому +3

      Visit Columbus Georgia or Norfork Va for the biggest museums of that subject

  • @henryfelts8915
    @henryfelts8915 Рік тому +12

    We visited the USS Cairo in Vicksburg this year. Very interesting tour and history from both sides.

  • @eal8645
    @eal8645 Рік тому +16

    Love the history and relics of the Old South. Gives me a sense of belonging...

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 Рік тому +8

      Helps give me pride in my Southern Heritage. 😎👍

    • @sp00k48
      @sp00k48 7 місяців тому

      Why not the history of the entire nation?

  • @nathanhale7444
    @nathanhale7444 Рік тому +23

    It's surprisingly spacious inside compared to how it looks on the outside. I was amazed.

  • @Talon18136
    @Talon18136 Рік тому +13

    I forget how modern looking some of these ironclads are

  • @willridesbikes3917
    @willridesbikes3917 Рік тому +30

    Awesome! I grew up near Kinston and have visited the recovered wreck many times in my youth but moved away years ago. I was aware of the reproduction but have never visited. Thank you for the in-depth coverage of this remarkable ship!

  • @paultanker5606
    @paultanker5606 Рік тому +8

    G'day,very interesting,I have been interested in the ACW for as long as I remember,once again thank you PS in a verry small old grave yard in Perth Western Aust.are 2 soldiers who fought in that War!

    • @g4joe
      @g4joe Рік тому +3

      Check out Captain John Low CSN.
      CSS Alabama he is buried in my home North West England.
      He had a very intersting War.😄👍
      Google him.👍🇬🇧

  • @LordZontar
    @LordZontar Рік тому +7

    Looks like a very good reconstruction of the same type casemate ironclad that the CSS Albemarle was.

  • @Steve.Cutler
    @Steve.Cutler Рік тому +34

    Interesting how similar the current ships appear to something from the Civil War.

    • @elingeniero9117
      @elingeniero9117 Рік тому +14

      bouncing cannon balls off the hull and bouncing radar waves away from the enemy use the same principle.

    • @sinamark-com
      @sinamark-com Рік тому

      …and today’s ships are billions of dollars!

    • @elingeniero9117
      @elingeniero9117 Рік тому

      @@sinamark-com Butt wipe dollarettes. Banana republic Covid dollars are not much better that the Argentian peso now.

    • @bruhtholemew
      @bruhtholemew Рік тому +2

      @@sinamark-com They're also full of electronics and tech, not a steam engine and 19th century canons.

  • @Bayan1905
    @Bayan1905 Рік тому +64

    People ask me what I would do if I won the lottery. I know building something like this would probably be on my list, if anything just to watch the tourists and boaters where I am react.

    • @jeffinknoxville
      @jeffinknoxville Рік тому +7

      Can’t you just imagine cruising up the Potomac in that thing. CNN would be all over it

    • @daviddavid5880
      @daviddavid5880 Рік тому +5

      I'm always teasing, but even I have to admit that would be seriously awesome.

    • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
      @karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Рік тому +3

      Well, the ATF would probably show up and ask for your gun permit! The Federals never did stop being a problem.

  • @Behemot_
    @Behemot_ Рік тому +28

    Looks like a modern stealth ship.

    • @tungstenwall474
      @tungstenwall474 Рік тому +5

      Even has the passive radar too with the gun ports.

    • @davidells6760
      @davidells6760 24 дні тому

      Except that it actually works.

  • @redjacc7581
    @redjacc7581 Рік тому +8

    i wish there were 1 to 1 replicas of all the ironclads :P Virginia, Virginia II, Charleston, Columbia, Tennessee I, Tennessee II, Arkansas, Albemarle, Eastport, Chicora, Palmetto State, Manassas etc

    • @STho205
      @STho205 Рік тому +1

      Are the unlisted USN vessels the etc...

  • @caesarillion
    @caesarillion Місяць тому +1

    My family, the Phipps, had a hemp plantation in Corydon Ky. We had 33 slaves and grew hemp, I guess for making rope. Maybe not all owners were wicked. Thanks for the show, Thailand Paul

    • @HistoricForrest
      @HistoricForrest  Місяць тому

      A person is only responsible for what they do in their lifetime.

  • @nicholasstilley2370
    @nicholasstilley2370 Рік тому +3

    I remember going to Raleigh once and the GPS sent me way off course to pass by this ship, unfortunately I did not have time to check it out but it was a nice surprise

  • @kennethbowry1521
    @kennethbowry1521 Рік тому +8

    Wonderful work, never forget your history.

  • @davestrains6816
    @davestrains6816 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. Dave

  • @patrickmckeown3683
    @patrickmckeown3683 Рік тому +4

    Very impressive! I will have to visit this ship.

  • @willbarrineau4866
    @willbarrineau4866 Рік тому +1

    Southern ingenuity and innovation against all odds.

  • @josephsouza2081
    @josephsouza2081 Рік тому +52

    Incredibly advanced for its time. This boat defines the word stealth.

    • @LordZontar
      @LordZontar Рік тому +7

      Stealth wasn't the reason for the design. The sloping sides were canted at that angle to deflect incoming shot. A cannonball striking at an angled surface was more likely to bounce upward and over the ship rather than penetrate the side, which is the principle behind sloping armour. The Union Navy's City-class river ironclads had that same design feature.

    • @kutter_ttl6786
      @kutter_ttl6786 Рік тому +19

      Ah yes, to counter the Union radar of the time, no doubt.

    • @jon27d
      @jon27d Рік тому +6

      I understand what the OP is saying. From just the thumbnail that does resemble some of the more modern "stealth" designed ships

    • @megaotstoy
      @megaotstoy Рік тому +1

      @@jon27d USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000)?

    • @jon27d
      @jon27d Рік тому +3

      @@megaotstoy That's what my eyes initially saw before I read the title. I thought it was some modern littoral ship

  • @jwbjpb1338
    @jwbjpb1338 Рік тому +24

    Looks calm and easy to use when its just sitting there but imagine the stress, the intense heat, the battle itself, etc...That ironside would be an oven to work inside and dangerous as heck.

  • @RavensGuard
    @RavensGuard Рік тому +3

    I never knew this replica existed. I do now. Thank you!

  • @CantonSecurity
    @CantonSecurity Рік тому +1

    Great video, very informative! It’s wonderful to hear the historian take such pride in preserving an incredible artifact of military heritage

  • @ELCADAROSA
    @ELCADAROSA Рік тому +1

    Nice tour!
    I pass through Kinston a few times a year as I travel to/from New Bern.
    I'm going to have to stop in a see this vessel sometime!

  • @aguyinnc2865
    @aguyinnc2865 Рік тому +9

    I remember my Dad taking me down to the site where they were digging the boat up. I am grateful we have the original CSS Ram Neuse, and the CSS Ram Neuse II to visit, and remember the men who fought so gallantly for their homes and families.

  • @benx6264
    @benx6264 Рік тому +10

    I was there a few years ago. Unfortunately the ship was closed so I could only see the outside. The museum he mentions is well worth the visit. Also it's not "across town"; it's literally across the street, and less than 1 block away,

  • @paulvanappeven3340
    @paulvanappeven3340 Рік тому +1

    Thank you very much for the video. Grtz from Belgium 👍🏻

  • @steffenrosmus9177
    @steffenrosmus9177 Рік тому +7

    When the first ironclad arrived the fleets of the wole world got museum pieces instantly.

  • @tommyanderson-filmmaker3976
    @tommyanderson-filmmaker3976 Рік тому +4

    I got to go visit it in 2009. Quite a sight.

  • @jackvetra2844
    @jackvetra2844 Рік тому +1

    She's a beauty, she's so sleek she reminds me of the Litoral Combat Ship's of the 20'$. Awesome 👍

  • @josephwhiskeybeale
    @josephwhiskeybeale Рік тому +1

    Beautiful ship

  • @safetymikeengland
    @safetymikeengland Рік тому +3

    amazing. I've seen some models and drawings and stuff. . . the ironclads kind of remind me of a main battle tank, only in the water.

  • @FAA-DPE
    @FAA-DPE Рік тому

    Thanks for all the time and work (and expenses) it took to create and publish this great video.
    Living history is very powerful, we need more of this!
    Thank you Brother.
    W. Craft
    Mississippi Div. SCV
    Gainesville Volunteers
    & SCVMC 1ST Battalion
    4th Platoon

  • @MadOgre
    @MadOgre Рік тому +1

    Been there. And interesting ship.

  • @59vaughn
    @59vaughn 2 роки тому +5

    Been there...nice job by the folks for historical reference...and nice video...

  • @jeffreyrule8143
    @jeffreyrule8143 Рік тому

    Thank you for inviting us along.

  • @karlheinzvonkroemann2217
    @karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Рік тому +5

    I'm a bit a civil war buff and this was informative. I'd not heard of this ship before. This is a true labor of love that I'd like to see in person some day. Thanks for the video! The best story of a CSA Ironclad is the CSS Arkansas. If you never heard it, make a pointto check it out.

  • @PB4UG02Bed
    @PB4UG02Bed Рік тому

    Thanks for the showing of this ship. I'm actually going to see the USS Cairo pretty soon in Mississippi.

  • @bobmano66
    @bobmano66 Рік тому +6

    This Ironclad would be considered a stealth ship nowadays with its flat sided angled sides and the ports for the canons would be openings for cruise missile launches

  • @joaoalbe8535
    @joaoalbe8535 Рік тому

    Tks for sharing this amazing and historical piece!

  • @a_tired_wendigo
    @a_tired_wendigo Рік тому +1

    I drive by this area all the time on the way to the beach. I’m gonna have to visit this

  • @TheAugustus24
    @TheAugustus24 Рік тому +3

    I've known about this ship for years, but i just now noticed. This ship is shaped similar to that of a modern stealth destroyer. I know the hull is not made of the correct materials but i bet the radar cross signature on this ship is reduced a little.

  • @tonnywildweasel8138
    @tonnywildweasel8138 Рік тому +1

    Thank you very much for sharing, appreciate it a lot 👍
    Greets from the Netherlands, T.

  • @cplmark29
    @cplmark29 2 роки тому +11

    good video thank you for the tour, I never knew it had only two guns.

    • @Talon18136
      @Talon18136 Рік тому +2

      Probably all the weight it could handle while staying afloat

    • @cm275
      @cm275 Рік тому

      @@Talon18136The Confederates we’re also short on cannons since they lacked industrial capacity to make enough. This is ingenious way to maximize the use of limited number of guns as well.

  • @toddjpiascik3653
    @toddjpiascik3653 Рік тому +1

    I’ve never heard of this but if I’m ever in this part of the country ( D.C. is furthest south I’ve ever been) there’s no way I’m leaving without seeing it! Thank you

  • @enriquemireles8947
    @enriquemireles8947 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for that. Great reproduction.

  • @zwastiunburzy3688
    @zwastiunburzy3688 Рік тому +7

    It looks like a modern day "stealth ship".😮

  • @hotlanta35
    @hotlanta35 Рік тому +5

    They understood sloped armor back in the Civil War and tanks finally caught up 70 years later

    • @Tugela60
      @Tugela60 3 місяці тому

      Tanks always had sloped armor, even back in WW1.
      In fact, the armored mobile forts envisaged by medieval engineers had sloped surfaces as well. The idea is not new, it dates back to the orgins of guns and the problems those presented to defensive surfaces.

  • @tinman3586
    @tinman3586 Рік тому +10

    Wow, you can even see where the AGEIS radar antennas and the VLS tubes would go. It really is a good replica.

  • @plumsink
    @plumsink Рік тому +5

    The top of the boat is ironclad, but the bottom appears to be all wood. Was that normal in that time period?

    • @jeffinknoxville
      @jeffinknoxville Рік тому +3

      The bottom was mostly below the water line. It was designed with very little freeboard; the armored side coming down to the water

    • @launcesmechanist9578
      @launcesmechanist9578 Рік тому +4

      Yep. When it came to ironclads, you only needed to protect the upper hull and a little ways below the waterline. Keep some of the ship wood to help buoyancy.

  • @stanleydomalewski8497
    @stanleydomalewski8497 Рік тому +1

    Very Impressive, thanks for sharing !

  • @kristiankjrgaard2173
    @kristiankjrgaard2173 Рік тому

    Awesome video and awesome vessel, thank you 😊

  • @Dennan
    @Dennan Рік тому +1

    why is there no movies about these ironclad ships, they so intressting

  • @charlessmyth
    @charlessmyth Рік тому +4

    [0:16] Impressive flush riveting, for to improve it's stealth capabilities. Plus ça change . . :-)

  • @johnalecsscalemodeling
    @johnalecsscalemodeling Рік тому +1

    That was really cool! Thanks for sharing

  • @santijauregui459
    @santijauregui459 Рік тому +2

    I propose we float test it at once and recommission it as an underway capable museum ship!

  • @charlessmyth
    @charlessmyth Рік тому +2

    Bold men to have taken a trip on that fire-trap :-)

  • @davetaylor2088
    @davetaylor2088 Рік тому +2

    Amazing how modern ships replicate the angled sides and low-to-the water design!

  • @michaelcox5096
    @michaelcox5096 Рік тому +1

    Just fantastic craftsmanship

  • @scottsimpson5223
    @scottsimpson5223 Рік тому

    Thanks for posting this! I worked in Kinston for about 3 months at the end of 2017 and I visited it several times. Thanks for the memories. 👍

  • @tracymcelhenie3988
    @tracymcelhenie3988 Рік тому +2

    Thats a Stealthy dog there , live here in norfolk Va. never head much about this iron clad much . Excellent Civil War history ..

    • @tracymcelhenie3988
      @tracymcelhenie3988 11 місяців тому +2

      @@williamedwards2512 yeah it’s still there . #2 High St., Portsmouth, VA. The monument got tore down .spray painted and disfigured and anything possible buy the instruction of a city Council person that got fired.she then sued the city for $350,000 for being fired.

  • @landonpotts6815
    @landonpotts6815 Рік тому +1

    Great job on this video.

  • @mrstacyj9496
    @mrstacyj9496 Рік тому +1

    nicely done, thanks for sharing

  • @michaeltelson9798
    @michaeltelson9798 Рік тому +3

    Didn’t the original vessel use railroad rails as armor? I have a book about the original which showed that arrangement.

    • @Wookie120
      @Wookie120 Рік тому +1

      The CSS Virginia AKA The Merrimac did use railroad track rails for armor if my memory serves. So a good chance this vessel did also.

    • @michaeltelson9798
      @michaeltelson9798 Рік тому

      @@Wookie120 As the Confederacy had a very limited metals industry, iron rails were available while sheets of iron and steel weren’t. The rails are laid side by side with another placed upside down between then to give a flat surface above. It worked, but would have been 3 or 4 times heavier than using the unavailable metal sheets. The extra weight would have made the vessels more sluggish. They did what they did with what they had.

  • @williamleinonen4888
    @williamleinonen4888 Рік тому +2

    Looks like the iron work was the inspiration for the Arleigh Burke Destroyers.

  • @wherewendytravels
    @wherewendytravels 2 роки тому +2

    Very informative. Great video. Thanks

  • @hellcatredeye-g6582
    @hellcatredeye-g6582 Рік тому

    That was awesome. Going back in history.👍

  • @snowcreek7156
    @snowcreek7156 Рік тому +1

    It’s beautiful!!

  • @Nedski42YT
    @Nedski42YT Рік тому +1

    Fascinating bit of America history.
    A question about the replicas construction. I know almost nothing about woodworking but the boards in the interior look like they are only fastened with two nails on each end. It doesn't look very robust to me.
    Ship builders please educate me! Thanks.

  • @WesternReloader
    @WesternReloader Рік тому +2

    It looks like one of those fancy new “stealth” frigates

  • @supatotenkopf88
    @supatotenkopf88 Рік тому

    Amazing job guys

  • @pierredecine1936
    @pierredecine1936 Місяць тому

    Top of my Bucket List Visit !

  • @bustercrabbe8447
    @bustercrabbe8447 Рік тому +1

    So many Confederate ironclads that you don't read about. Excellent!

  • @johnking6252
    @johnking6252 Рік тому

    First I heard of this ironclad, interesting as hell! 👍 Love the swivel mount approach, great idea. Probably a difficult operation during battle however. Thx. 👍

  • @futuregenerationz
    @futuregenerationz Рік тому +2

    Maybe when it's important enough, they'll make a mockup of the USS Monitor as well.

  • @indigenous.rabbit2877
    @indigenous.rabbit2877 Рік тому +1

    Think this thing would have a tiny radar cross-section just looking at it, everything except the funnel.

  • @nightshiftgarage8824
    @nightshiftgarage8824 Рік тому +1

    Great story. Now I would like to see a USS Ironclad to compare the styles. Were they similar? I understand that the Union capture several of the CSS ships during the war. This is interesting history. Thank you.

  • @errmaaa8607
    @errmaaa8607 Рік тому +1

    If it's 1x1 and built to specs, I wonder if you could sail the thing. 🤔

  • @flipfloppingwithMike
    @flipfloppingwithMike Рік тому

    Excellent video...rhank you!!

  • @nightrunner1456
    @nightrunner1456 Рік тому +1

    Very interesting!

  • @waynejones205
    @waynejones205 Рік тому +1

    I've read about the Civil War on both sides almost as long as I Could read! I realized early on how full we "yankees"(said with tongue firmly in cheek, btw!!)hands really were with the VIRGINIA and submarine HUNLEY!! Now I'm just-now old(58), and NEVER KNEW of this ship!! IDK if the MONITOR would stand one hit from NEUSE. #HatsOff to the determination and Intellect of the CSA!!
    Now if people would just STOP trying to Erase its History. #RESPECT

  • @donsumpter3379
    @donsumpter3379 Рік тому

    This I did not know, Thankyou for pointing this out.

  • @rohnkd4hct260
    @rohnkd4hct260 Рік тому +2

    Worked in Kinston with Probation. Placed Community Service Workers to help out there.

  • @outpostraven
    @outpostraven Рік тому

    Worth the visit

  • @BA-gn3qb
    @BA-gn3qb Рік тому +1

    Where are all the rivets on the "iron?"
    They didn't weld and grind things smooth back then.

  • @claiborneeastjr4129
    @claiborneeastjr4129 7 місяців тому

    Really innovative for its day.

  • @averdadeestalafora.2578
    @averdadeestalafora.2578 Рік тому +1

    amazing, navy Brazil 🇧🇷have a monitor ship.
    Navigating the Amazon River.

  • @davidnash1220
    @davidnash1220 Рік тому

    Excellent thank you

  • @nathanbishop4897
    @nathanbishop4897 Рік тому

    Thank you for this.

  • @aaronsinsley8161
    @aaronsinsley8161 Рік тому

    There is also a battlefield right in that town also.

  • @gunengineering1338
    @gunengineering1338 Рік тому +2

    Lol. Other than the smoke stack it looks like a brand new ship.

  • @nightrunner1456
    @nightrunner1456 Рік тому +1

    Super nice!

    • @everymanesh2132
      @everymanesh2132 Рік тому

      I hope no woke dudes try to wreak this Confederate Ironclad.