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ironclad adjective covered, defended, difficult to alter, difficult to break, difficult to change, exacting, firm, immutable, impossible to alter, impossible to break, impossible to change, inexorable, inflexible, ironbound, irrevocable, relentless, rigid, rigorous, strict, unalterable, unbending, unbreakable, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompromising, unmalleable, unpliant, unshakeable, unyielding See also: severe How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Set during the American Civil War, The Battle of Hampton Roads: New Perspectives on the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia is the history of the first encounter between ironclad warships, the end of wooden warships, and the beginning of the machine-age navy. 3) The restored USS Cairo, an ironclad warship, is exhibited at Vicksburg National Military Park. One of the unsung heroes of American engineering, James Buchanan Eads, had a great deal to be proud of, including the invention of the ironclad warship in time for the Union to deploy it along the Mississippi River during the Civil War. |
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